Edwin,
Try looking up the beep code that you're getting on the Biostar or Award
site.
Double check all jumpers on the mobo to make sure they are correct.
It also might be a cheapo power supply. In my opinion, the power supply is
the most important component. If the power supply isn't capable of supplying
the correct voltages, or if it doesn't filter out the AC noise in the line,
it can cause all kinds of problems. Many components are sensitive to having
the proper, clean voltages. Also, 250 watts might not be big enough for all
the components you have in your system. If you have a known good power
supply, try switching it out.
Good Luck!
Dennis Thiel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwin Bogert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Bad news motherboards?
I recently purchased (2) brand new Biostar M6VCF mobo's and, installed them
in mid-towers with 250watt power supplies. After following the set-up
procedures outlined in their guides, I encountered the following problems.
(1)--pushing the power on button lights the power-on led along with the HD
led and it does it's blinking and such. Then--I get a series of
long-repeating beeps continously and no video or anything. Upon pushing the
power off button and holding it in until it powers off--the power led
remains on until I open the main power switch. Iv'e tried all combinations
of video cards,known good processors and, memory but to no avail. The mobo's
are Biostar M6VCF boards with Award bios and, Via 694x-686b chipsets. Using
celeron 500mhz ppga processors on 66mhz fsb and clocked at 8.0. S3 savage
2000 64mb video card, 128mb pc100 ram C 20gb HD, 52x cdrom etc. etc. Like I
said, Iv'e tried all combinations of these components and both boards react
the same. Could both of the boards be bad right out of the box or did I
mess-up or, miss something somewhere. Never never have had this problem
before. Is there any help out there with the listers? TIA, Edwin Bogert
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