thanks for the help guys; it turned out to be a faulty psu!!  tried a spare psu..

cheers Steve

thanks grazi, tried your suggestions but no change.

thanks people..

the asrock mobo takes agp 3.3v, i think the card is voodoo3 2000 agp, looks identical to piccie of the 2000 on this site;am using known working crucial memory sticks. has anyone used this m'board?asrock k7vt2 viakt266a chipset.

Steve

hi all, any ideas appreciated..

am upgrading a mate's pc, from AMDK6-2 & dead MSI ms5159 mobo to a new asrock k7vt2, duron 1.3ghz 200 fsb,128mb pc100 sdram taken from previous system, 3dfx voodoo3 agp card also from previous sys..

problem is the pc beeps 3 times on power up, pauses & another 3 & so on, also nothing appears on the screen, does not POST,boot up etc., only sign of life is power supply & cpu fan spinning..

i have read elsewhere that the k7vt2 has problems accepting memory?. i have the fsb jumper set on correct pins for 200fsb. The k7vt2 bios is AMI & 3 beeps points to memory errors, i have tried various branded modules & no change??

any suggestions greatly received.
Steve
UK