[Herts] RE: New Linux PC - POST Problems

[Tim Gibbon]

Hello,

 		Check that all the components are seated correctly- in 
particular the AGP card, CPU and Memory. They're all prerequisites for the 
Motherboard to pass POST.

Invariably it's the AGP card just because they're the hardest to seat ;-)

YMMV,

tng


On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, nicolas wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Just getting together the parts for my Ma's new Linux PC!!!
>
> Gigabyte 7NF RZ
> Radeon 9600
> Corsair memory
> AMD 3000
>
> I have assembled the board, video card, CPU and memory. Then switched
> on. I get a few seconds of silence then an alternating two tone sound
> for a several seconds then silence, nothing is displayed on the monitor.
> I have tried removing and rechecking everything, but I get the same
> result.
> Have you any idea what this POST sound means.. apart from trouble!!!!
>
> Thanks
> Nicolas
>
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