A1XE : cpu fan not running, no video output

[lionstorm]

I received my board 1 month but lack a strong psu so now I got it but at power, the cpu fan does not spin and there is no video output from my AGP radeon 7500. But the green led on the moterboard is working. How do I continue ?
Lio

[lionstorm]

I bought the recommended registered ram, 512Mo kinston. What about the fan not spinning (fan power cable is connected somewhere on the motherboard, on the left side of the mainboard) ?
Lio

[lionstorm]

psu is 300W as recommended.
Lio

[lionstorm]

no drive connected ATM, only the mainboard, the graphic card, the sound card and Ram.
Lio

[lionstorm]

@ agafaster : yes I checked jumpers and etc several times. Do I expect a video output without the ram plugged ?
Lio

[lionstorm]

@lempkee : I think I did it right since the green led on the motherboard is lighting so something is working but the fan cooler on top of the daughter ppc card does not spin although it is connected. I did not take care if the fan on the top of the radeon graphic card is spinning. I Have to check that when I go home.
AFAIK the tower I just bought is having only one button (it is a vivid acryl from suntek)
Lio

[lionstorm]

no beep at power on but could be I did not connect right the speaker. Ram should be ok since it is registered kingston. The fan cooler on the graphic card (ATI radeon 7500) is spinning but no the cpu fan cooler. I don t now how to take it out otherwise I would have done it and checked it by connecting it to a pc motherboard. Also plugged HD and DVD (only power, not the ide cable) but this does not help. Why this expensive peace of hardware does not work ?? I am very frustrated.
Lio
 

[lionstorm]

It's a developer's board

Really ? I thought I ordered a consumer/normal one only for user not developer. The only special thing is this earlybird, related to amigaOS4.
No multimeter here, I guess I have to ^find one.
Lio

[lionstorm]

Yes the AGP gfx card is in, and the fan cooler on it is spinning !
IDE HD is spinning as well at power on.
Lio

[lionstorm]

@vortexau :
is the ram not auto detected ? if not where do I tell the A1 how much memory I plugged (did not find something in the manual)?
Lio

[lionstorm]

@tonyw : video card is ATI radeon7500LE.
Lio

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@Warface : thanks. I personnaly think next time I order the whole system (tower+mainboard). I thought I could gain something in assembling parts myself but I am loosing nerves.
Lio

[lionstorm]

@ Framiga :
Thanks I will try as soon I get home for the speaker. As for the fan, I tried several times to invert, revert etc this bloody cable, even to put it on the second fan connector but no , it does not work.
Never heard before about this reset bug in Radeon card (mine is AGP)
Lio

[lionstorm]

@ GadgetMaster : I beg and please for help everywhere to have most chance to get the reply I am desperately waiting for. On A1SEdev, they are that many messages that mine could easely be sunk and forgotten.

TO ALL : fan is working now, stupid me I plugged the fan cable in all 3 positions instead of 2 and 3 only. But still no video output so I connect a serial cable between my A1 and a PC running Mandrake9, install minicom, set it up at 9600 bauds 8n1 and power on the A1. I get a screen with U-boot etc, board, dram, flash and then  this
*** warning, bad CRC use default environment

and thats all. Hooking up HD and DVD, KB and mouse but caps key does not light on.
So still stuck although something is working now.
Thanks for the help but still need more
Lio

[lionstorm]

@Rogue : no more output after the warning line (no VGA ok), so I guess A1 hangs. Graphic card is ATI radeon 7500LE 64Mb (no ideo whether it is powercolor or something else).
revision :
U-boot 0.1.1 (Apr 3 2003 - 14:44:24), Build: 04/03/03

Lio