[thelist] grounding + shorts (installing hardware)

Thu Sep 8 01:31:08 CDT 2005

Maybe have a look here :
http://www.auldfart.co.uk/beepcodes.htm

if you did not yet do that allready.

Very handy when you do a trail and error on connecting hardware from scratch 
to everything in place on the board...

Good luck

Jeroen

> Just bought:
> ASUS K8V-X motherboard
> AMD Semperon 3000+
> 1 Gig Corsair Ram (pc3200) 512mbx2
> eVGA nVidia FX5200 128Mb Video Card
>
> However, I'm not getting a "post beep" when I bootup.
> Fans and drives are powered, and motherboard light is
> on, but no video signal, and no post beeps.
>
> Local computer shop said it was a defective
> motherboard (worked with new MB). I also read about
> grounding myself may be the problem, not sure how to
> do this though.
>
> Any ideas on looking for shorts on the motherboard?
> Not sure what to look for.
>
>
> Anthony Ettinger
> ph: (408) 656-2473
> blog: http://www.chovy.com
>
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