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Anonymous   10-26-2001 at 03:36:44 PM

I work for a youth cafe which is installing a computer network for internet and gaming. I built the first three on Wednesday night and found that none of them would turn on.

The computers are all:

Athlon 1Ghz 266FSB
Jetway 886AS Motherboards
256Meg DDR Ram
Coolermaster Fans
20 Gig UDMA 100 Hard Drives
52X CDROMS
Sparkle Geforce 2 MX400 64Meg
SBLive 5.1 Player
Generic Ethernet Card
Tower Case with 300 Watt PSU

I have built and repaired many machines before but I've never come across this. I tried the boards on a different PSU with no avail. I tried swapping the chips with no results either. I have also tried changing the switch that turns the damn thing on.....

So, if power is getting to the PSU, the PSU is getting power to the board, and everything is connected right, you would be correct to assume that the whole shebang should work, no?

I cannot even begin to think what the problem is and I would welcome and be appreiciative of any and all suggesions.

Many thanks


Tre

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khha4113   10-26-2001 at 09:07:25 PM
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So, you tried them outside the cases and they still didn't work (short to ground, maybe)?

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Rick_Criswell   10-27-2001 at 04:33:42 AM
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Three posibilities i can think of right off.
Check to make sure the power supply is set to the right voltage.
As kh said , A short to ground. Did you install the motherboard stand offs on the case tray for the motherboard properly?
Some motherboards will not power up if you do not have a rpm sensing fan attached to the cpu fan header.

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HonestJhon   10-27-2001 at 05:56:24 AM
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also, try resetting the bios..
i know that it is a new board, but you might try resetting the bios...just to rule that out.
also, check to see that the cores didnt get cracked, chipped, or damaged in any other way...
is this one of those "cyberden" kind of things, where people can come in and rent time on the systems there, and play things like counterstrike?
there are a few of those in my area...

-DAvid

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Anonymous   10-27-2001 at 10:57:49 AM
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Cheers for the suggestions guys. I will have a noodle round today to check for the things you have mentioned.

David, yeah it is. Its a youth cafe with pool tables, PS2's and a very cheap internet and gaming computer service. Well, it will be if the flaming things work....


Thanks again. I'll let you know how I got on.


Tre


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HonestJhon   10-27-2001 at 11:13:20 AM
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sounds like a plan...get those things working...have a nice lan party or something...hehe


-DAvid

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ObiWan_Kenobi   10-28-2001 at 03:38:39 AM
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As Jhon said, try resetting the bios. Also, In my occupation I have recieved boards with the C-Mos jumper shipped in the open position. This is to keep the battery draining needlessly (for what its worth....).

People need to start rapidly understanding that the world *REALLY* does revolve around *ME*.

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HonestJhon   10-28-2001 at 07:55:03 AM
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my manual came with an addendum stuffed in it that said to make sure that the jumper was set to normal, because i guess they had done that...
but that cant really drain the battery that much...i mean, how long are they expecting the motherboard to be on the shelf? lol

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

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camieabz   10-29-2001 at 09:10:29 PM
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Perhaps it is something simple, such as the case power on switches or the power on cable placement on the mobo.

Just a thought...

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