New Pc wont Boot

This may sound dumb, but it happened to me about 2 or 3 weeks ago. Make sure the power supply is set up for 110V instead of 220V. I tried everything I could think of but got no response from BIOS, no beeps, nothing. The HDD didn't even start up, but everything else did. Turns out the power supply switch on the back was somehow set to 220V and the system couldn't handle it.

(for mine, I could boot successfully with no HDD)

Check the CMOS clear jumper. Many motherboards are shipping with the jumper set to clear, and the PC will not boot if the jumper is set to clear.

As a side note, if you plan to install Windows 98 or Me on this system, you may run into problems with 512MB of RAM. There is a 'bug' in the core 9X code that can cause some strange problems with more than 511MB of RAM.

Chas

Chances are the video card is not seated properly. I have had alot of probs recently with different cases and new cards. Try leaving the mounting screw out and the side panel off the case. Try reseating the card, Try the card in another machine or try a different card in this computer.
Good luck!

Mike

With what you have tried already, and NO POST beeps, I would swap in a different CPU.

Other ideas:

Does the power supply have the extra connector for P-IV motherboards, and is it connected?
Aux 12 V

Remove the CMOS battery and unplug the power cord for at least 1/2 hour.
Try to startup and if it does startup, enter BIOS settings and set the CPU speed.
Then re-install the battery.

Chas

Two possible answers that might help, some motherboards require dual ddr ram to operate therefore check specs for the motherboard and memory config.
if the MB has a video card inbuilt the cmos may be defaulted to run on it. If so plug monitor into MB video.

Hope it helps.

Pull all the cards, drives, etc. out of the box. Power it on, It should beep a few times. then put the cards in one at a time and power it on each time. When you put a card in and it won't boot, thae last card is the problem.
I also agree that you should check and make sure that power supply is set to 110V, and the power connections from the power supply to the mobo are seated properly.

Last post is correct. first try and do an out of box staged power-up. If it won't go out of box, you may have defective hardware. If it works out of box, carefully check then nylon or neoprene spacers are used on stand-offs. ECS mobo's require them where other mobo's can get away without. also most ECS mobo's have on-board devices which you must take into consideration when building the system. Typically, on-board video if enabled will prevent secondary video card(s) from being used during post. If this is case plug monitor into onboard video and use to configure bios with secondary cards out of circuit.

regards
rick

Start here:

According to the User's manual for your motherboard (from the ECS website), it has an AGP 4X slot.

According to the specs for your video card (from the Palit website), it is an AGP 8X card.

You need a video card that is compatible with your motherboard (i.e. AGP 4X).

We keep "Known Good" PCI and ISA Video cards for just such problems, as well as "Known Good" memory.
First test: Put in a PCI video card . (If the BIOS defaults to PCI, and AGP is installed, some systems lock.)
No Fix?
Second test: Put in different memory.
No Fix?
Check Power Supply signals. (Voltages)

Regards, Chris