Athlon XP 3200+ upgrade HELP PLZ

[Steve_uf]

I've been looking forward to changing my tortoise of a pc into a more respectable gaming machine for sometime, ive bought a brand new motherboard (Asrock K7S8X-E) to support the AMD K7 Athlon XP 3200+ processor and bolted it in, ive put the wires in the correct places, and plugged in the monitor. But when i turn on the pc it has a blank screen. I asked a few friends and they sed something about jumpers, i messed around with a cmos jumper and now the computer doesnt turn on at all!

Thanks for any given help

 

[YourPrinter]

can you be any more vague? list your system specs plz

 

[Steve_uf]

256mb 400mhz PC3200 184pin DDR Memory
AMD K7 Athlon XP 3200+ Socket A CPU
80gig Harddrive
Geforce 32mb

thinks thats it... im gettin pretty annoyed tho, because it woz loading up before but now it doesnt even load up. its like pressing a button to an unplugged machine!

 

[rakesh_1024]

Its better to visit the manufacturer's site.The board's manual might help u with those jumpers

 

[Steve_uf]

if i unplug all power then plug in the mains and then slowly plug in the connector with lots of colourful wires coming from it, the fan moves 4 a quick second. that means ther must b some life. But the pc remains not working, i havnt unplugged anything so i cant understand it, if anyone can help with gettin my pc 2 actually turn on then perhaps i can get back to the first problem i had.

 

[YourPrinter]

maybe the mobo (asrock) <--- wtf thats a pretty unknown brand,

 

[WQ87]

It's the jumpers. You messed around with the cmos jp and it doesn't turn on. There should be 3 pins sticking out on your cmos jumper. If i'm correct ( although it could differ, so consult your manual), pin 1 & 2 hook together will clear cmos data, while pin 2 & 3 will enable it to turn on. If pin 1 & 2 are connected to each other, it won't turn on. Try that out. I had a similar problem, except it was because the mobo bios wasn't use to running my processor (currently the Athlon XP 3200+ on a Biostar M7NCD Pro Mobo), so i reseted the bios by using the cmos jumper to clear cmos data. If that isn't your problem, may god help you.

 

[Steve_uf]

im buggered. The pc is now lifeless... ive unplugged it put the jumpers in plugged it bak in, tuk them off with power and EVRYTHING. nothing seems to work. i think i might just go back to the shop n tell them that its a piece of donkey s**t.

 

[Shrapnill]

if i unplug all power then plug in the mains and then slowly plug in the connector with lots of colourful wires coming from it, the fan moves 4 a quick second. that means ther must b some life. But the pc remains not working, i havnt unplugged anything so i cant understand it, if anyone can help with gettin my pc 2 actually turn on then perhaps i can get back to the first problem i had.

You mean the ATX power connector??? You unplugged/plugged it while the PC had power???

I smell some electricity issues...