Is this mobo dead?

[jjtoymachine]

I recently brought some parts to make up a PC for one of my bros'

I got:
Asrock P4VM800 Mobo
256MB RAM
Abit 9250
80GB HDD

Now the plan was for me to install an old 1.7ghz P4 chip i had lying around, but...I got no display, power but no display. So i went to their website and found that this mobo only supports 2.0Ghz and up...EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS IT SUPPORTS P4 willamette CHIPS IN THE MANUAL. So im like, ok?!? So i went a brought him a 2.4Ghz Celeron and put the thing in and again, no display. So i had a lovely afternoon of trouble shooting: trying different RAM and graphic cards, but still nothing! It gets power, but no display on the screen. Oh yeah, it has onboard graphics and i have tried connecting the monitor to that as well, but nothing!

Any ideas? Can you think of anything i am forgeting?
Or do i have to drive to Kyalami again on monday :(

[nocilah]

happened to me when i got new mobo... and it turned out i wasnt plugging both power thingies into the mobo... it needed anther small 4 prng 12v power thingy atatche to the mobo near the cpu ....

heh other then that no idea.

[jjtoymachine]

halicon, u da man! It works :D when did they start putting another power connector on mobos? I Dont think i have one on my AMD one???

[reech]

no beeps?

[antowan]

Happy to see your problem is solved jjtoymachine, but this is also a very good example of why it is important to read the manual from time to time...

;)

[jjtoymachine]

:p hahaha

[DragonLogos]

Some AMD boards use the little plug as well, eg the GF2 chipset boards

Wait till you see the ATX II PSUs