K8VT800 won't boot

Hi,

I've just bought and assembled
a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+
but upon powering up, the power
comes on, as does the hard disk
light but thats how it stays,
and the hard disk light stays on.

It doesnt beep for the BIOS,
it just spins the fans of the
graphics card, the power supply
and the hard disks but doesn't
do anything else.

I've tried various ribbon cables
and two graphics cards but it
doesn't make any difference.

I've got the hard disks
connected to IDE1 and the
CDROM connected to IDE2.

Anyone know what the problem
might be?


Radeon 9700 Pro
512mb DDR PC2100
Soundblaster Audigy
56k modem
80gb primary hard disk
8gb secondary hard disk
Samsung SM-352 CDROM

Thanks for any help, I hope
to god I don't have to send
it all back!

Mart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just bought and assembled
> a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+
> but upon powering up, the power
> comes on, as does the hard disk
> light but thats how it stays,
> and the hard disk light stays on.
>
> It doesnt beep for the BIOS,
> it just spins the fans of the
> graphics card, the power supply
> and the hard disks but doesn't
> do anything else.
>
> I've tried various ribbon cables
> and two graphics cards but it
> doesn't make any difference.
>
> I've got the hard disks
> connected to IDE1 and the
> CDROM connected to IDE2.
>
> Anyone know what the problem
> might be?
>
>
> Radeon 9700 Pro
> 512mb DDR PC2100
> Soundblaster Audigy
> 56k modem
> 80gb primary hard disk
> 8gb secondary hard disk
> Samsung SM-352 CDROM
>
> Thanks for any help, I hope
> to god I don't have to send
> it all back!
Try ditching the 8gb drive as a frist move.
if you still have probs remove the sound card and modem.
good luck
Denis

Denis Fitzgibbon wrote:

> Mart wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just bought and assembled
>> a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+
>> but upon powering up, the power
>> comes on, as does the hard disk
>> light but thats how it stays,
>> and the hard disk light stays on.
>>
>> It doesnt beep for the BIOS,
>> it just spins the fans of the
>> graphics card, the power supply
>> and the hard disks but doesn't
>> do anything else.
>>
>> I've tried various ribbon cables
>> and two graphics cards but it
>> doesn't make any difference.
>>
>> I've got the hard disks
>> connected to IDE1 and the
>> CDROM connected to IDE2.
>>
>> Anyone know what the problem
>> might be?
>>
>>
>> Radeon 9700 Pro
>> 512mb DDR PC2100
>> Soundblaster Audigy
>> 56k modem
>> 80gb primary hard disk
>> 8gb secondary hard disk
>> Samsung SM-352 CDROM
>>
>> Thanks for any help, I hope
>> to god I don't have to send
>> it all back!
>
> Try ditching the 8gb drive as a frist move.
> if you still have probs remove the sound card and modem.
> good luck
> Denis

I tried booting the system with the minimum amount of
hardware, no sound card, no modem etc - just enough
to get the system up & running but still no joy.

>I tried booting the system with the minimum amount of
>hardware, no sound card, no modem etc - just enough
>to get the system up & running but still no joy.
Do You use one or two RAM sticks?

Maybe it does nor run with the ram You use.

Moritz

keyboard? floppy? try it with the monitor off...
good luck
Arth

"Mart" <> wrote in message
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> Denis Fitzgibbon wrote:
>
> > Mart wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've just bought and assembled
> >> a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+
> >> but upon powering up, the power
> >> comes on, as does the hard disk
> >> light but thats how it stays,
> >> and the hard disk light stays on.
> >>
> >> It doesnt beep for the BIOS,
> >> it just spins the fans of the
> >> graphics card, the power supply
> >> and the hard disks but doesn't
> >> do anything else.
> >>
> >> I've tried various ribbon cables
> >> and two graphics cards but it
> >> doesn't make any difference.
> >>
> >> I've got the hard disks
> >> connected to IDE1 and the
> >> CDROM connected to IDE2.
> >>
> >> Anyone know what the problem
> >> might be?
> >>
> >>
> >> Radeon 9700 Pro
> >> 512mb DDR PC2100
> >> Soundblaster Audigy
> >> 56k modem
> >> 80gb primary hard disk
> >> 8gb secondary hard disk
> >> Samsung SM-352 CDROM
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help, I hope
> >> to god I don't have to send
> >> it all back!
> >
> > Try ditching the 8gb drive as a frist move.
> > if you still have probs remove the sound card and modem.
> > good luck
> > Denis
>
> I tried booting the system with the minimum amount of
> hardware, no sound card, no modem etc - just enough
> to get the system up & running but still no joy.

I managed to fix the problem.
It was a 12V cable that led from the power supply into the motherboard
as well as the normal power cable. I didnt have one on the power
supply that I was using so I had to change it. Plugged that in and
all was well.

Thanks to everybody for their ideas and help.

Mart.

> keyboard? floppy? try it with the monitor off...
> good luck
> Arth
>
> "Mart" <> wrote in message
> news:c1544s$70c$...
>
>>Denis Fitzgibbon wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Mart wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I've just bought and assembled
>>>>a K8VT800 with an Athlon 64 3000+
>>>>but upon powering up, the power
>>>>comes on, as does the hard disk
>>>>light but thats how it stays,
>>>>and the hard disk light stays on.
>>>>
>>>>It doesnt beep for the BIOS,
>>>>it just spins the fans of the
>>>>graphics card, the power supply
>>>>and the hard disks but doesn't
>>>>do anything else.
>>>>
>>>>I've tried various ribbon cables
>>>>and two graphics cards but it
>>>>doesn't make any difference.
>>>>
>>>>I've got the hard disks
>>>>connected to IDE1 and the
>>>>CDROM connected to IDE2.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone know what the problem
>>>>might be?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Radeon 9700 Pro
>>>>512mb DDR PC2100
>>>>Soundblaster Audigy
>>>>56k modem
>>>>80gb primary hard disk
>>>>8gb secondary hard disk
>>>>Samsung SM-352 CDROM
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any help, I hope
>>>>to god I don't have to send
>>>>it all back!
>>>
>>>Try ditching the 8gb drive as a frist move.
>>>if you still have probs remove the sound card and modem.
>>>good luck
>>>Denis
>>
>>I tried booting the system with the minimum amount of
>>hardware, no sound card, no modem etc - just enough
>>to get the system up & running but still no joy.
>
>
>