I plan to send the new ASUS P4B266 board back the Newegg.  A search of the
web turned up a half dozen other users
of this board and other ASUS boards having the exact same problems.  One guy
said his board failed to POST with  a ATI Radon 9700 installed.  He
installed the PRO version of the same card and bingo, POST came on/up.

I have an old ASUS P2B board.  Great board.  The P4B266 has made me more
interested in other MB manufacturers.


Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] POST: no beep(s) or post error msg on screen


> In some cases a mobo that won't do POST can be fixed, but if you bought a
brand new ASUS mobo, why would you want to do that.  They mean that in their
manual that if you can't do a POST screen in 30 seconds something is wrong.
I would NOT keep something I paid good money for that was brand new and
needed to be repaired.  Return it for a new one.
>

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