SN95G5 won't post - can anyone help?
Hi All
I've just bought a Shuttle SN95G5 and an Athlon 64 3500+ to go with it. After putting it all together, it powers on, fans work etc. but no beeps, no video, nothing. Just sits there with fans whirring away. I've taken everything out, and re-installed just the CPU and graphics card (an ancient Geforce 3 I had lying around which definitely works). Same result, no beeps, no video. I've installed CPUs, heatsinks etc. before, did everything on an anti-static mat, so I'm fairly confident I've not broken anything. Can anyone suggest anything to try next?
I bought the Shuttle box and the CPU from different places, so any idea as to which one is more likely to be the problem would help, as if I still can't get any joy I'm not sure what to send back. I don't have another board I can try the CPU in, as the other PCs around the house are both Athlon XPs, and I don't have another CPU to hand to check if it's the motherboard.
All suggestions gratefully received, as I'd really like to get this little baby working.
TIA
SN95G5 boot problems - update
OK, in the end I got it to boot by clearing the CMOS, however all is not yet sweetness and light, After clearing CMOS, it boots and I get the 'safe mode# message. I can then go into the BIOS and modify settings. For the moment I'm using the default 'fail safe' settings as I just want to get the damn thing stable. However after I select Save and Exit and it reboots, I get the same problem again, fans running full speed, power lights on, but no video. I was given a tip elsewhere to disconnect it from the mains and then reconnect it, hold downing Insert when powering on, and yesterday this allowed me to boot it several times and install Windows. However today that won't work at all. The only way I can get the d*mn thing to boot at all is to clear CMOS and then select F1 to continue, but then the fan runs at high speed all the time and it sounds like a washing machine. I specifically bought this to be a quiet, high-spec PC so not what I was expecting!
Anyone have any ideas before I RMA the whole thing? I was very pleased with it when I did have it running OK and quiet yesterday, so I'm reluctant to send it back, but so far it has proved highly unstable.
TIA,
RQ.