Quick question! Are you sure there are not 3 beeps? The beep error codes for you motherboard say 1 long and 2 short beeps is video failure. Meaning the card is not seated correctly, or is faulty. The following is a link to all the beeps codes for the Award Bios.
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm Hope this helps! Paul > Hardware guru's: > In making new box with: > Biostar M7VIB m/b; Duron 1.2 GHz; 256 Mb DDRAM; Aopen TNT2 (32 Mb) > video; cheap case > (300 W p/s); all new components. > At power on: > Unit beeps twice, but does not display video--not even POST flashing cursor; > Use lights on DVD drive and CDR flash; [floppy light shines if reset > with medium inserted]. > However, the CDR & DVD light even if ribbon cables are disconnected from > m/b. > Could the power supply main output to the m/b be no good (though small > leads to DVD, etc. may produce)? > Another Biostar m/b (w/RAID) & DDRAM has worked fine for me. > Any suggestion appreciated. > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.338 / Virus Database: 189 - Release Date: 3/16/2002 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
