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From: Ed Richardson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 4:59 AM
Subject: Another First Time Builder


>Ladies and Gentlemen of the list:
>I have followed PCBuild for sometime and thought that with the help of the
>many knowledgeable people reading the list I would attempt building my own
>computer. This is my first post of many I'm sure. I have purchased an MTI
>Mustang R548 mainboard, 32 meg of EDO memory, a 200mhz mx Cyrix processor
>and an AWE Graphics Blaster video card. According to the info I have I
>should hook up the power supply to the mainboard, install the memory and
>video card and connect the monitor, which I have done. I checked the jumper
>settings and powered it up but did not get any display on the monitor as I
>expected.  I was led to believe that I should see the BIOS of the video
>card and system and then a memory count but this was not the case. The
>power light on the monitor blinked as if nothing had been turned on in the
>computer so I checked it with another computer and it (the monitor) worked
>fine. I'm not sure if this is the correct procedure or not but I would
>appreciate any guidance or suggestions at this point. Thank you for your
>time!
>Ed Richardson
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Hi Ed,
 Just a couple quick questions: Is the 32 megs EDO ram in the form of 2- 16
meg sticks?
Pentium class machines require the memory to be in pairs. Did you insert the
cpu correctly?
Pin one must align with pin one on the socket. If you do have 2 simms, are
they installed in
bank 0? Some motherboards are fussy about that. Are the power supply leads
installed so
that the black wires are in the middle? (It will make sense when you look at
it). Did you hook
up the speaker? The beep codes (or lack of) will help us to help you.
             Hope this helps,
             Bob Robinson


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