v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) (02/22/91)
Please help me.... I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up, no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing..... no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing! is this normal, given my systems emptiness, or is my motherboard bad??? please reply... Shawn E. Thompson | CAD Engineering (716)891-3375 v087mxgb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu | Leica, Incorporated University @ Buffalo | PO Box 123 Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering | Buffalo, NY 14240-0123
ccastdf@prism.gatech.EDU (Dave) (02/22/91)
v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes: >Please help me.... >I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up, >no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer >LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing..... >no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing! >is this normal, given my systems emptiness, or is my motherboard >bad??? You need something in the ram banks that are selected as active (by the dipswitches or jumpers). Otherwise, unpredictable results could occur. Dave -- David Frascone ccastdf@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Office of Information Technology--User Assistant
allender@cs.uiuc.edu (Mark Allender) (02/23/91)
In article <61157@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes: > > > Please help me.... > > I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up, > no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer > LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing..... > no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing! > > > is this normal, given my systems emptiness, or is my motherboard > bad??? > > > please reply... > Your system, like all pcs, is going to have to access ram at some point. Your bios probably started trying to stick things into zero page memory like it was supposed to, and couldn't find any memory, so it hangs. I think that it is just a BAD idea to do something like this........ -Mark Allender -University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -Conversation Builder Project -allender@cs.uiuc.edu
jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (02/23/91)
v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes: >I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up, >no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer >LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing..... >no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing! You need at least one bank of RAM just to bring the system up. // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | What to buy? ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | EISA or MCA? ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | When will the bus wars end? ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */