100/133MHz RAM should pose no problem in a 66MHz bus. It is when you 66MHz RAM and try pushing it do you run into problems. I have never had a problem with 100MHz RAM in 66MHz RAM bus machines. Mark James Lee Bell wrote: > How much do the HDD's spin, i.e. do you get anything more that just the > power/spin-up that occurs during initial power up and POST, like does it start > booting? If not, 9 times out of 10 that this happens to me, the problem is RAM > not being compatible with the board. IOW, EDO in a board that wants "standard", > or FPO in a board that can only handle EDO or standard. And let's not forget > 100/133 MHz ram in a board where the RAM bus is at 66 MHz, or vice versa. And > finally, incomplete "banks" (if using boards with SIMMs or older DIMMs). If > you've been swapping components a lot with systems that were mostly working > previously, this sounds even more likely. > > John Bartlett wrote: > > > to not being able to figure out the problem. Just to clarify, the exact > > problem is, when I boot, I get power, the cpu fan starts the HDD's spin > > (when connected) all the lights function, but I get absolutly NO video, not > > even enough to change settings in the BIOS. I've used ISA, PCI, and AGP > > video cards, to no avail. All of the hardware that I've tried to use, I've > > personally seen working in other systems. So if anyone has any ideas what > > could be causing this type of problem, I would be eternally grateful for > > your help. > > > > Thanks In Advance, > > > > Josh > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss