startup trouble

[gavin]

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I just put together a new system,and I need help:

CPU: Celeron D (2.93 ghz 533mhz, prescott)
MOBO: Soyo p4vte
HD: Maxtor 120G udma/133
MEM: 2@ 256 DDR 184PIN
VID: 16 mb nvidia
2 cd drives
1 floppy

Here's the problem: When I turn on the machine, I get one beep and the
screen displays the cpu and the memory checks ok. Then the auto detect
starts:
Primary Master.........Ide hard drive
primary slave...........not detected
secondary master........ATAPI CDROM
secondary slave.........ATAPI CDROM

Above this are the options for booting and entering BIOS setup, but no
matter what I push, nothing happens. The keyboard lights are not on. I
have tried with two different keyboards, both work on other machines,
one is ps2 and the other is usb. I have tried clearing the CMOS, and
unplugging peripherals one at a time. Same results until no
peripherals are plugged in, then I get a CMOS Checksum Bad message.
PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Guest]

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You have to put windows cd in cd drive or bootable flopy in flopy drive,
format hd, and so on.

Boba Vancouver BC

"gavin" <rwelsh@centurytel.net> wrote in message
news:1125806536.626162.131120@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I just put together a new system,and I need help:
>
> CPU: Celeron D (2.93 ghz 533mhz, prescott)
> MOBO: Soyo p4vte
> HD: Maxtor 120G udma/133
> MEM: 2@ 256 DDR 184PIN
> VID: 16 mb nvidia
> 2 cd drives
> 1 floppy
>
> Here's the problem: When I turn on the machine, I get one beep and the
> screen displays the cpu and the memory checks ok. Then the auto detect
> starts:
> Primary Master.........Ide hard drive
> primary slave...........not detected
> secondary master........ATAPI CDROM
> secondary slave.........ATAPI CDROM
>
> Above this are the options for booting and entering BIOS setup, but no
> matter what I push, nothing happens. The keyboard lights are not on. I
> have tried with two different keyboards, both work on other machines,
> one is ps2 and the other is usb. I have tried clearing the CMOS, and
> unplugging peripherals one at a time. Same results until no
> peripherals are plugged in, then I get a CMOS Checksum Bad message.
> PLEASE HELP!!
>

 

[gavin]

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Thanx for the reply, Boba. I've tried the cd, and a DOS floppy.
Nothing happens.

 

[Guest]

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Did you check butable sequences in bios? First cd and than other?
"gavin" <rwelsh@centurytel.net> wrote in message
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> Thanx for the reply, Boba. I've tried the cd, and a DOS floppy.
> Nothing happens.
>

 

[Guest]

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USB keyboard does not work with DOS
"gavin" <rwelsh@centurytel.net> wrote in message
news:1125806536.626162.131120@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I just put together a new system,and I need help:
>
> CPU: Celeron D (2.93 ghz 533mhz, prescott)
> MOBO: Soyo p4vte
> HD: Maxtor 120G udma/133
> MEM: 2@ 256 DDR 184PIN
> VID: 16 mb nvidia
> 2 cd drives
> 1 floppy
>
> Here's the problem: When I turn on the machine, I get one beep and the
> screen displays the cpu and the memory checks ok. Then the auto detect
> starts:
> Primary Master.........Ide hard drive
> primary slave...........not detected
> secondary master........ATAPI CDROM
> secondary slave.........ATAPI CDROM
>
> Above this are the options for booting and entering BIOS setup, but no
> matter what I push, nothing happens. The keyboard lights are not on. I
> have tried with two different keyboards, both work on other machines,
> one is ps2 and the other is usb. I have tried clearing the CMOS, and
> unplugging peripherals one at a time. Same results until no
> peripherals are plugged in, then I get a CMOS Checksum Bad message.
> PLEASE HELP!!
>