Ed Durrant wrote:

>>   
> Hi Vic,
> 
>   On any motherboard younger than 5 years, you shouldn't need to pull 
> the battery, there will be a jumper you can move with the system off, 
> then power the system on, wait 10 seconds, power off again, reset the 
> jumper back to where it was and then restart again and the CMOS settings 
> will have been reset.> 
Ed,
Thius board only has two  pins to reset the cmos.The manual 
says,beluieve it or not, to put a jumper on them,or "put the blade of a 
flat screwdriver between them" to clear the cmos!

>  Another thought, do you hear any "beeps" from the system
when you turn 
> it on ?
No beeps at all

  These can tell you what is wrong. Also  what RAM memory DIMMS do
> you have installed. Again you need to check the MB manual. Some systems 
> run with a single DIMM other need them installed in pairs, in specific 
> memory slots and not always adjacent slots. Also if you have more than 
> one DIMM installed are they identical DIMMs ? One simple thing to look 
> at is are all the DIMMs single or double sided - i.e. do they all have 
> chips just on one side of the modules or all have chips on both sides of 
> the modules ? Whereas in some systems you can mix DIMM types, often you 
> can't. The memory should be the same speed as well and if this is a 
> system where you need to install in pairs, the memory capacity of each 
> DIMM needs to be the same. Then again one faulty (failed) RAM memory 
> DIMM can also stop a system from booting as it can short the bus - in 
> this case the memory bus.

Dimms are DDR2,both purchased with the mobo,and have heatsinks on them. 
Installed in slots of the same colour as per the manual.

I  will try your method of clearin the cmos a little llaterafter walking 
  up to the shopping centrre , Hope it works.









> Ed.
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.
> 
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