I'll check it all again Tonight but,

1).  It was already set to normal.
2).  CPU is installed correctly.
3).  RAM is installed correctly and is correct type for
the motherboard.
4).  Only one device on each IDE cable.  Cables and jumpers set correctly.
5).  Haven't tried it.  Will do..

Thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Ultra [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] NO Boot!


Check the following in order:
1) There should be a jumper - "Clear COMS" or some name similar, before you
power up, the jumper should be placed at "Normal" (or similar) position, if
it
is set to be "Clear", the computer won't boot.
2) Make sure CPU was installed properly
3) Make sure the RAM was in properly
4) If there are two IDE devices on same cable, and both are set to "Master",
some mobos won't boot, even your case only has one hard drive, you should
still
check if the cable (red wire to pin 1) and jumper on HDD are correct.
5) finally, if you can, test the CPU and RAM on other computer, to ensure
they
are ok, CPU is hardly to fail, but I did see a few faulty CPUs.
Good luck.

Jun Qian

David Williams wrote:

> I just built myself a PC from A Tiger Direct kit, just adding a hard
drive,
> processor, and RAM.  I switched it on and I get nothing!  It sounds like
it
> is booting but I get NO display, nothing!

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