I do hear the beginnings of a beep code, but I do not think it is finishing. It may be the video card. I have an ATI Radeon 7000+ 64MB DDR coming today that I will try. I will also ensure that the heatsink/fan is on the correct way.
I don't have another board that I can try that memory in...
The fan that I got is a MicroFin and the thermal pad is actually quite large. Should cover the core of the cpu with no problem as long as I have it installed the correct direction. I have ordered a new ps as mine is only a 250w and I should at least have a 300.
The killer here is that this is...
hmmmmmmmm...... I may have to try turning the heatsink around. This is an AMD recommended heatsink/fan. It has the thermal pad on it and doesn't require thermal paste.
I was looking at ASUS site and found this info about a different board:
Same issue, but the problem was that it required a...
I recently purchased an Asus A7S333 and an AMD 2100 XP (thorooubred core) cpu and a 256MB PNY 2100ddr ram stick.
After getting the fan, I started to upgrade my existing pc. Everything appears fine, except that the system will power on for just a few seconds and then shut off.
I think it has...
How old is this board? It sounds like a problem that was experienced with some earlier motherboards.
There was a whole debacle with a series of bad capacitors that were installed on motherboards and they produced symptoms like you are describing.
Look at the motherboard and if you see any...