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Hello All. I have just started on my first pc build . I have installed the mobo , ( pc chips 825 lu) fitted cpu (duron 1 gig) also heatshieldand fan. Then fitted ram (256 mb) . Connected up front panel switces, speaker, set cpu clock selector(got the choice of 100 or 133mhz tried both) Fitted psu ( this came with the case 150 watts , seems a bit small to me ) I understand a pc with these bits can be fired up and you should get peeps from the speaker complaining "wheres the monitor?" Well I switched on and the green led was lit , then pressed start switch green led went out both fans started running waited about 20 seconds but no beeps so swiched off. Checked all connections wondered if speaker was faulty so fitted one fromold pc . this speaker was bigger about 30 mm instead of 10 mm. Tried starting up again but exactly the same. Although dissapointed no beeps I felt elated that there seemed some life so I fitted hd and cd rom . Both led,s on these items lit up .. So what do you think folks? pablo126.

Hmm, you have all the connections right from the speaker to the mobo? sometimes i get the negatives and positives mixed up when plugging in all the switches.

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Thank you Eric . I have checked the speaker connections there are only 2 wres ( red and black ) the red is on pin 1 and the black is ground. Could it be a fault in the bios or the cmos battery? pablo126

It could be a dead CMOS battery. If the CMOS is dead it won't save any of your BIOS settings.

Have you tried to boot using the "Fail Safe Defaults" setting in the BIOS? This loads the, well, fail safe defaults for your system hardware lol. If this option doesn't work it's most likely not a BIOS problem, but a hardware malfunction or a connection problem somewhere.

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Thanks lol . I will try those things .