help! my computer starts but doesn't do anything

[MonkeyMe]

i just recently purchased a new motherboard, i put it in and connected everything. i turned it on and everything powers up correctly (atleast i think it does) but nothing boots up. i can hear my hard drive running but it doesn't do anything, my cd/dvd-rom is on but when i press the eject button it doesn't open

any suggestions as to what i can do?

thanks in advance!

[Etheric]

Any chance the new motherboard is for a Pentium4 processor? If so, did you connect the 4pin power plug specifically for the CPU?

[willy]

Well, try not to hook up *everything* at once. Try the bare minimum first - CPU, RAM & Video card.

[MonkeyMe]

yup, its for a P4
i made sure it was the same socket as my cpu, and the power plug for the cpu was plugged into the right plug

[MonkeyMe]

Well, try not to hook up *everything* at once. Try the bare minimum first - CPU, RAM & Video card.

if i do this should something show up on the screen?
cuz right now everything powers on but nothing shows up on my monitor, it just goes to stand-by mode

[willy]

if i do this should something show up on the screen?
cuz right now everything powers on but nothing shows up on my monitor, it just goes to stand-by mode

You need only CPU + RAM + Video card to see the POST screen. Then you can add one thing at a time.

[MonkeyMe]

You need only CPU + RAM + Video card to see the POST screen. Then you can add one thing at a time.

nope, nothing goes to my monitor

[Etheric]

nope, nothing goes to my monitor

Are you hearing any beeps?

[willy]

Ok .. More info please ... What mobo ? What RAM and how many sticks ?

Have you tried to re-insert RAM ? Different DIMM slots ?

[MonkeyMe]

Ok .. More info please ... What mobo ? What RAM and how many sticks ?

Have you tried to re-insert RAM ? Different DIMM slots ?

yup, tried to put the ram in different slots
i powered it on with only cpu + ram + vid card, everything turns on (like my cpu fan, vid card fan, psu fan) but nothing sends to my monitor
i tried taking out my vid card and just using the onboard video, that got the same result
than i tried going back to my crt and i got the same result

[willy]

How about resetting the CMOS ?

[MonkeyMe]

How about resetting the CMOS ?

how would i do this?

[Loco]

How about resetting the CMOS ?

Right

and Hook up to onboard video w/o dedicated video card in place.

maybe a pin to disable onboard video or enter bios to disable on board and then install new card.

Hope that helps.

[willy]

how would i do this?

You can either use the jumper (check your owner's manual) or remove/reinsert the lithium battery on the mobo.

[MonkeyMe]

hmmm, i tried putting the pins into the clearing cmos position but than it won't boot up when i do that

my motherboard is Asus P4S8X-MX