[techtalk] blank screen at boot

[Audin Malmin]

On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 01:53:41PM +0300, Marie Fischer wrote:
> this is not a linux-specigic question, but maybe somebody can help: after
> putting together my new box (aopen ax67c m/b, celeron 333, 64 mb sdram, 
> ati rage graphics, atx case) and turning it on, it does nothing - the
> screen stays black, keyboard LEDs don't react. However, the cpu fan works
> and the hdd seems to go round, too. Any ideas?

	Ditto to what everyone else said and:

	Does it have a floppy drive?  This is the classic symptom of a reversed
floppy cable...  

	Also, is the speaker hooked up?  Do you get any diagnostic beeps?

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