This is probably something you have already checked, but....
Are you sure the "clear cmos" jumper is in the right position?








Barry Clark
MSCE/CCNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Knight" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:21 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] No BIOS / Boot...


> Hope somebody can help... this is driving me crazy!
>
> Purchased an FIC AZ11 m/board and Duron 800 chip new as the foundation

> of
a new system build.  Also purchased a new case / power supply, RAM chip,
and video card.  Other parts <floppy, CD ROM, hard drive> were working
spares I had laying around.
>
> Assembled system <I have assembled many Pentium systems prior to this>

> and
was ready to go.  Powered up fine <all accessories, fans, h/drive,
CDROM> but it appears no signal is being sent to the monitor.  So, I
re-check all the connections and try again.  Still, nothing but a black
screen <monitor is fine>.
>
> I re-checked all the jumpers, re-installed the CPU, tried booting
> without
various components <h/drive, floppy, CD>, tried different video cards,
RAM, hard drives, etc., but there is still no signal being sent.  To
make it more difficult to diagnose this m/board apparently uses some
"spoken word" program to diagnose BIOS errors which requires an add-on
card which I don't care to use or buy.
>
> I don't have another AMD based board to test the chip, either. Only
> hint:
if I hit the reset button I at least get a temporary flash or "line" in
the monitor for a brief second.....  anybody have any ideas before I
send this thing back?
>

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