Hello Ed,

Monday, August 06, 2001, 3:52:02 AM, you wrote:

Make sure that the motherboard doesn't have a CMOS reset jumper and
that it is not set to "reset CMOS". This can cause these symptoms.

EB> I just installed an Intel CA810 mobo in a new case and pwr supply. Equipped it with a known good celeron 600mhz processor, 128mb pc100 ram (also known good),and, a new 10gb hd and, 1.44 floppy
EB> and, new cd-rom. I've got the Intel driver cd that came with the mobo. After making all the connections and triple checking them, I proceeded to fire up the beast. The first thing I observed was
EB> that the Power-on led did not light. I checked the polarity twice according to the diagram. It was correct.  The second thing I observed is that the stand-by power led installed on this board was
EB> lit. The hd and cd-rom searched and then stopped. There is no video post or anything else on the screen either. Since I can't get this machine to post, I can't get into Bios or do anything else
EB> except sit and stare  at a blank screen. There was no post "beep" as wel
EB> l. I checked with Intel and they assured me that this board would support up to 700mhz both ppga and fcpga. I tried the new case power supply with other boards and it works fine. I also tried all
EB> the components on other mobos and systems and they all work fine. What am I doing wrong?  Has anyone else ever  had this problem? I hope someone can help me.  Thanks  Ed Bogert

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