Make sure you disconnect the HD too.
That is not strictly an essential item, (at least for basic testing).

AFTER that, even take out the RAM.
The BIOS should beep a code, or a smart one will talk to you...
OTOH, a talking BIOS should have been complaining "by now".

Rick Glazier
CC: keep on list.

From: "bobwarasila"
> I reseated everything and tried with the video card out.  The P4P800 has 
> integrated sound and video so I removed all boards + the burner and CD-Rom. 
> Still no POST sounds or video.  I removed the front panel and discovered 
> there is no onboard speaker in this box so I plugged in a speaker, still no 
> POST sounds although I could hear some initial noise on the speaker as the 
> computer powered up and again when it went down.  Last clue is that the 
> CD-ROM light blinks when connected BUT when the CD-ROM and burner are 
> unplugged the HD access light does not light.  I'm  guessing maybe the boot 
> sequence in the CMOS is stalling with the CD-ROM at some point?  But I 
> thought the POST happened before anything else happened so it's looking to 
> me as if  something is wrong on the MB.  BTW someone tested the video card 
> for me on another computer and that worked OK.  Perhaps I should just buy a 
> replacement P4 MB since they're pretty cheap and go from there.
> 
> I have a LINUX Knoppix disk so I tried that in the CD-ROM no luck:^(

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