I also have had trouble running my 164SX-based system for the first
time, and also whenever I would had opened it for hardware changes.
Obviously, like every computer techie, I checked for all connections:
processor, memory, PCI cards, hard drive,...
I decided to run it with minimal hardware but I still have spent hours
before I realise that it was coming from the Floppy connection to the
motherboard. Playing up and down with this connection (no joke
intended:) I finally got the machine to switch on.
I regretted to have switched it off just to check that it would still
switch on again, because it did not. I had a lot of wiggling before
I actually realized that it had to be not completely inserted, just
more than half. Whenever I insert it completely, I reduce the chances
for it to switch on again.
I isn't a cable problem, I tried changing it already. It's really a
connector problem.
Fabrice
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> From: Jim[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: samedi 1 janvier 2000 05:39
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Need help with a 164SX
>
> Hi, I installed a new 164SX with a 533MHz cpu into a generic atx case,
> along with 2 new 32M DIMMS (advantage memory DIMMS for the 164SX), a
> diamond stealth 64 pci video card, floppy drive,and an ide hard drive
> and cdrom. I had put the soft power switch to J1 on the board, and it
> powers up fine, the cpu fan and case fan spins, I get a cycle from the
> keyboard, and the drives all kick on, but thats it. I dont get any
> video, nor do I get any beep codes. Its as if something is not signaling
> the CPU voltage to kick on. I do belive I have the drives properly
> hooked up (red stripe to 1) and the configuration switchpack is set
> correctly, but I am starting to wonder if I need to hook up anything
> more than just the speaker and reset button to the pin array (J20). I
> see in the book there are connections for the Halt_button, HD_PU, Vdd,
> but have no idea what these are for, so I did not use them. I am
> starting to wonder if I need something connected to these to get it to
> boot properly. Perhaps it is memory related, but they are new DIMMS and
> I insured that I was static free when I installed everything, so now I
> am at a loss. I have tried to move the DIMMs and video card around to no
> avail, and also turned the ide cables around. Still no luck.
> I really hate to bother you guys on this list about this
> problem, but I
> am really puzzled and have ran out of ideas.
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all advice you can give, I wish you all
> the best of luck in the new year.
>
> Jim Acs
> millenia music
>
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