First post, by NC Mountain Man
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- Newbie
I am trying to build a 486 PC for retro gaming. Below are the parts being used. When I put everything together and switch on the power, nothing happens. I don't get any picture on the screen. I don't get any beeps from the PC speaker. Nothing. All of the jumper setting are appropriate for the current configuration. I removed and reseated the RAM, Cache, processor, and bios chips. I checked the voltages coming from the power supply adapter and they are all correct. All of the ISA slots are getting power. There is 5 volts at the bios chip. I have removed all of the ISA card except for the video card with no change. I even bought another VI15G motherboard, and still get the same results. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have ordered once of the ISA diagnostic cards that will show me the post codes, but it hasn't arrived yet.
Parts:
- AOpen VI15G motherboard
- Diamond Stealth 64 VLB Video Card
- QD6580 Multi I/O VLB Controller Card
- Sound Blaster 16 CT2940
- 16 MB of Ram
- 256K Cache
- Corsair 750 watt power supply with ATX to AT converter (with -5w)