New box does not load BIOS

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

Did you try it with a different video card, from what you're saying it
doesnt look liike it.  If you have a pci video card, you should try
with that.  You'll be very lucky if you hear anything back from ASUS.

-miah

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 07:45:52AM -0400, sweetser at theworld.com wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Yesterday I tried to do everything people suggested.  The results have
> stayed the same.
> 
> My minimal system did not have the CDROM, DVD, or floppy.  Since the
> floppy might be necessary, I reconnected that.  My two memory cards
> have been reseated, and tried as single cards in several of the three
> available slots.
> 
> The speakers make a blip noise as power is started, but do not make a
> beep.
> 
> There is a process to reset the BIOS information (remove the battery,
> change a jumper) to no avail.
> 
> A google search revealed someone with the motherboard and video card
> with this exact problem!  He had built 6 machines before, and got
> similar suggestions.  The only new one was to hold the insert key down
> while powering up.  The original author of the thread did not write to
> say how it was resolved.  I'll have to email him to find out.
> 
> After some reading, it appears like the voltage for 8xAGP is 0.8v.  It
> is a game of divide it in two.  The 2xAGP needs 3.3v, 4xAGP needs
> 1.5v, and 8xAGP needs 0.8v.  There are cuts on the bottom of the card
> which tell which one applies.  If the cut is at the forward part, it
> is the older 3.3v.  If the cut is near the back, it is 1.5v.  If there
> are two cuts, then it is a Universal.  My video card has the universal
> form.  My motherboard claims to only want 1.5v 8xAGP.  I will write
> ASUS and see if this video card (9200 is mainstream) works with their
> motherboard. 
> 
> I wish I could determine which part needs to be swapped, but I don't
> have another PC to really play with.
> 
> 
> doug
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