ok im gettin mad

[Dark_Smoke]

Well some of you may have read my thread about gettin a new HD and not gettin an pic on the monitor and whatnot so


I got a new mother board got it all hooked up and i still get NO PIC, is there a way to test my Vid card to see if its any good still?
other possable problems?

[Bovon]

Most times when I have a problem like this, I place the motherboard on an old phone book or something similar, padded and insulated. Install one stick of ram, a video card, CPU and heatsink-fan, connect the power supply and monitor and fire it up. No keyboard or drives are necessary. No video and no beeps at this point, and you probably have 1) dead ram, 2) dead CPU or 3) bad motherboard. Testing a non working system with just the bare essentials is important.

You can test the video card in a different system..or use a different video card in this dead system. No.. I did not read your other thread I don't think..but, do you know that the monitor is ok?..

[Dark_Smoke]

i thought i might have been the monitor but i hooked that comp to the monitor im using now and still no picture.

Ill give your suggestions a try and post what happends, Thanx

[Dark_Smoke]

ok, i just pulled 2 of the 3 ram sticks one at a time with no result,

But when i pulled the second one with one left in it, i tryed to turn it one and it would turn on for a half second and then turn off

[Dark_Smoke]

well i swapped CPUs and got it to boot but i keep gettin an error message:

Checksome error detecting disk drive A insert system diska nd press Enter


But i hit enter and nothing

[Dark_Smoke]

BIOS ROM checksum error

[Bovon]

If you can find the clear cmos jumper...do that for a minute..if you cannot find the clear cmos jumper, remove the battery for about 5 minutes..does the same thing...resets the bios to its defaults. Try that and let us know.

[Dark_Smoke]

how do i reset the bios? i cant even get in it when i turn the comp on it goes right to that error message

[Bovon]

You do not need to get into the bios to reset it. Shut down, pull the cable out of the wall socket (no power at all to the PC..important) Then..like I said..locate the clear cmos jumper on the motherboard OR!! pull the battery for 5 minutes. Replace the battery or replace the jumper back to where it was to begin with..reconnect the power to the PC and turn it on..let us know what happens.

[Dark_Smoke]

well i did that and im still gettin that error