Can't boot new motherboard

[Tom Hill]

I am unable to boot a new ASRock K7VM3 motherboard that I am installing in
an e-machines H2482 computer case.
I am using an Athlon XP 2400 CPU and 512-meg of DDR RAM, which both were
working correctly in another computer.
After installing the RAM, CPU and CPU fan, and connecting a 300 watt power
supply, I:

1. Connected the power cable to the motherboard
2. Connected a monitor
3. Connected the front panel power switch
4. Turned on the power switch on the power supply
5. Turned on the front panel power switch

The first time I followed these steps, the monitor did indicate the
motherboard was booting (startup routines, prompting to insert boot floppy,
etc.).

I then did the following:

1. Turned off the power supply switch
2. Conncted the Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, CD Burner and CD ROM to the
mother board with ribbon cables
3. Connected the power supply cables to the Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, CD
Burner and CD ROM
4. Turned on the power switch on the power supply
5. Turned on the front panel power switch

At this point the CPU fan began spinning, but the motherboard would not
boot - nothing would appear on the monitor screen.

Then I did the following:

1. Disconnected everything from the motherboard except the monitor and the
power supply
2. Turned on the power supply switch
3. Shorted the power switch pins on the Front Panel Connector.

Again, the CPU fan began spinning but the motherboard would not boot -
nothing would appear on the monitor screen.

I tried resetting the CMOS but this had no impact.

The board looks dead. Anyone have any ideas on what is going on or how to
revive it?

[Pete Dragovich]

Post by Tom Hill
I am unable to boot a new ASRock K7VM3 motherboard that I am installing in
an e-machines H2482 computer case.
I am using an Athlon XP 2400 CPU and 512-meg of DDR RAM, which both were
working correctly in another computer.
After installing the RAM, CPU and CPU fan, and connecting a 300 watt power
1. Connected the power cable to the motherboard
2. Connected a monitor
3. Connected the front panel power switch
4. Turned on the power switch on the power supply
5. Turned on the front panel power switch
The first time I followed these steps, the monitor did indicate the
motherboard was booting (startup routines, prompting to insert boot floppy,
etc.).
1. Turned off the power supply switch
2. Conncted the Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, CD Burner and CD ROM to the
mother board with ribbon cables
3. Connected the power supply cables to the Hard Drive, Floppy Drive, CD
Burner and CD ROM
4. Turned on the power switch on the power supply
5. Turned on the front panel power switch
At this point the CPU fan began spinning, but the motherboard would not
boot - nothing would appear on the monitor screen.
1. Disconnected everything from the motherboard except the monitor and the
power supply
2. Turned on the power supply switch
3. Shorted the power switch pins on the Front Panel Connector.
Again, the CPU fan began spinning but the motherboard would not boot -
nothing would appear on the monitor screen.
I tried resetting the CMOS but this had no impact.
The board looks dead. Anyone have any ideas on what is going on or how to
revive it?

...

I'd first check to see if you installed the 512 MB DIMM in the primary
slot. Some MB's are labelled DIMM1/DIMM2 other's DIMM0/DIMM1. If it is
installed correctly and seated properly, then I'd try different memory.
If you don't have any system memory, a MB will just sit there.

Pete