Problem with MSI K7T turbo mobo.

[NatBone]

I just bought a K7T mobo, 1.2ghz Athlon T-Bird, 256mb RAM, 300watt Topower PS, and a full tower ATX case. It was all shipped about 7,000 miles.

I've been going thru these, and other, boards for 5 days now and found some useful info.

I tried starting it with just the cpu, ram, and vid card. The HSF and case fan work. But I don't get any beeps and it doesn't POST. The speaker is present and hooked up. I then connected the Floppy and CD. Both of them light up, and the CD opens and closes.

The 4 LEDs on the mobo are all red. The manual states this could be an improperly seated chip or a bad chip. I reseated it.

I then removed everything. I read the "build your own pc" instructions. I put it all back together, just chip, ram, vid card. Still nothing. No beeps, no POST, no video.

I tried moving the CMOS jumper from pins 1-2 to 2-3. When I do that, the machine does not power up at all.

The PSU is on the AMD approved list, btw (even though it's made in China...surprised the heck out of me). I put the PSU in my old pc (PII 400) and it runs fine.

So, I'm assuming it's either the mobo or chip. Are there any other possiblilities? I can return them, but the vendor I bought from is not good.

What can I do to pinpoint if it's the chip or the mobo?

I'm a newbie at this, but I'm willing to learn.

Thanks,

Nat

 

[knutp]

There is a wrong thing in the manual. So you have to put the cmos jumper back again to the other position. And hopefully the system will boot up.

 

[NatBone]

Yea, I've read about that. I tried it both positions. In the 1-2 config, it starts but no POST. In the 2-3 config, nothing happens.

Nat