🚀 go-pugleaf

My problem was caused by me actually using the key and leaving the switch it
changed in the wrong setting, which I believe is "shorted".

So I would not advise your doing anything like shorting the pins.

When you build a computer you should check it step-by-step. Never assemble
it  all, fire it up and expect it to work. If it does you are lucky.

So, with only cpu and memory installed, speaker connected, and power supply
plugged into board, and no connections to monitor, keyboard, floppy or hard
drive, turn on power.

You should hear a Click from the speaker, and then a beep or two,
indicating,"cannot find video card".

If not OK, check all your connections.  Is CPU plugged in correctly?  Memory
installed correctly?

If OK, proceed to next step, with power off, install video card and attach
monitor.

Power up, and read monitor screen. You should have a blinking cursor, a "no
keyboard" error message, a beep, and a POST failure message.

Power off, attach keyboard, power on.

You should get a blinking cursor, a beep, and a POST failure message.

Power off, install floppy disk drive as drive A, and boot with a boot disk.
Check the error message, if any, and proceed.

The point is, check step-by-step, before moving ahead.








I suggest you start by removing all plug-in cards, unplug the monitor, and
disconnect the keyboard.


Mike Bishton <mjb@athenet.net> wrote in message
news:380A54F8.9C597077@athenet.net...
> How would i go about removing the keylock?  I found the two pins for it do
i
> need to close them with a jumper maybe?  there is a key on the front of
the
> case i got but when i connect it the board still doesn't boot.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> "John M. Wisner" wrote:
>
> > when I had that problem it turned out that somehow I had accidently
locked
> > out the keyboard.
> >
> > Mike Bishton <mjb@athenet.net> wrote in message
> > news:38067B00.C4EEFA46@athenet.net...
> > > I bought a cheap pentium motherboard at a trade show a couple of weeks
> > > ago. I assembled a system with it. It Posts then displays "WAIT" and
> > > hangs.  I cannot enter the Setup utilility eithor.  I tested the CPU
in
> > > another computer and have tried differant RAM and power supplies.  Any
> > > Ideas?  It's a socket 7 w/ AMIBIOS.
> > >
>