It didn't beep, even with a speaker in it.

Then it doesn't successfully POST.

er... um...
I accidentally bought an AT case for my ATX motherboard and couldn't return it. So I wound up retrofitting the motherboard in, putting some sort of plastic thing I had wherever the...

I just built a computer (not sure why, just wanted a spare computer to play around with.) I plugged in all the cords, plugged the monitor and computer into the wall, and pushed the power button. The...

Have you tried putting your HD in the freezer for half an hour? It might be that it's overheating after a while.

OK, deal with 256 :)

It's probably a problem with slot A, the Tecra 8100 supports up to 512 MB of RAM.

So send the 256 back and get a 512 if 256 isn't enough :-)

And how'd it say that if the CPU was missing? I think putting a message on the screen requires some CPU work...

They have a tech support online chat, it's useful and free. At least they know what they're talking about... they don't act like NetZero and tell me I have to reformat my hard drive to connect to the...

And I learn from mistakes: dropping magnetic screwdrivers on bios chips and having to buy a new motherboard :)

I have a computer I built with a CD ROM, hard drive, and floppy drive and a 300MHz AMD processor. It was intended to be for playing a bunch of old DOS games I have, but when I try to boot it from the...

Yep, I touched the metal several times while I was installing the fan. Just to see if that was the case though, I replaced the motherboard with an identical one(don't ask me how a person winds up...

I built a computer and installed BeOS 5 on it. It was running fine until I decided to upgrade(uh... upgrade?) it and put an extra fan in the front since the only fan it had was the CPU heatsink....