First post, by bjwil1991
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Last week, I bought an ASUS P2B-F motherboard, Intel Celeron 400/66/128K Slot 1 CPU, an AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter, ATi Radeon 9700 Pro (broken), MSI MS-8837 GeForce2 MX400 (works), and Sound Blaster Audigy 2ZS.
I built the system with a 256MB SD-RAM PC-100 RAM, I/O shield from a Pentium 4 build that has the Ethernet and audio (gameport as well) covered, added my version of the heatsink/fan combo with zip ties and screws (for the fan to stay in place on the heatsink), 40GB IDE HDD, DVD drive, floppy drive, ZIP drive, and a 650W PSU (swapped with a 400W PSU after that). I got everything connected, however, here's the bad part: no POST, no beeps, and no video.
I did some further diagnostics to see what could be going on by performing the following:
1) Reseat the RAM and CPU
2) Cleaned the contacts for the RAM, AGP, PCI, ISA, and CPU slots
3) Inspected the underside for any cold or cracked solder joints (none whatsoever)
4) Cleared the CMOS setting by placing my screwdriver on the solder points to short it with the system off and disconnected from power
5) Swapped the PSU around and no change
6) Inserted other video cards that work in my other AGP systems (Socket 370-Socket 754)
The CPU, RAM, and GPU get warm and they get power, and the one thing I did incorrectly and stupidly was inserting the BIOS ROM backwards, but, the chip didn't seize up and my programming tool picked up the BIOS info without issues.
Another note: I don't have the CPU mounting clips as they were never on the board, I checked the CPU before inserting it and no issues. I set the jumpers right and attempted the 66MHz FSB, 6x multiplier, and nothing. I'll do it again with the 5.5X multiplier and see what happens.
Where can I find the older version of the BIOS and which issue am I facing for this?
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