Iwill KA266-R won't POST

[rpasell]

Well, I switched the power supply from 115V to 230V, and the POST beep went away, but I still can't get it to POST. I get nothing on the display. I've tried two video cards, one AGP and one PCI, I've tried the RAM in slot0 and slot2. I have the jumper off so the board should run at 133. It's got an AMD 1200 in it. Any thoughts?

 

[extremity]

On most occasions when a board shows a blank screen, it is the RAM which is the problem, most times when there are no beeps at all.
That is not to say your RAM is faulty, just that in some cases, the M/B does not like the DIMM you have inserted.
Try a different DIMM if you have one, you seem to have covered everything else.
Also the power supply should be at least 300Watts for a Athlon CPU.

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[bw37]

As owner of a KK266, I spend time at the Iwill BBS. From what I've read there, KA266's biggest problem's for boot-up are memory not seated fully and occasional AGP power supply problems. Apparently it take's way more force to seat the ram than most people are willing to use. I suggest you try it with the board out of the case and well supported. Then, when installed fully, the clips will close themselves. Don't use the clips to "help" seat the ram. Bloody fingers and small mallets are often mentioned (tongue firmly in cheek I assume).

It sounds crazy, but I read it again and again.

I'd also suggest starting with the PCI video card and the fsb jumper at 100 mhz. That tends to be an easier starting point to at least get it to boot. I believe you can change the fsb speed to 133 in the bios once it boots.

Check out the Iwill BBS:

<A HREF="http://support.iwill.net/cgi-bin/ebbs/UltraBoard.pl" target="_new">http://support.iwill.net/cgi-bin/ebbs/UltraBoard.pl</A>

and also an Iwill users forum:
<A HREF="http://www.amdmb.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19" target="_new">http://www.amdmb.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19</A>

Good Luck,

BW

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