won't POST

[Kevin Brown]

>>> moin, moin,
>>> 
>>> as of last night my asterisk box ( a week old ) won't post :(.
>>> The line describing the cpu come up, then nothing. Can't get it
>>> to go into bios setup.

>> Getting into the bios should have nothing to do with anything
>> you've done to the OS: Try a knoppix cd to see if the box is
>> viable.

> This is not an OS problem. It's not even getting far enough to get
> into the bios setup.
> 
> I hadn't tried a bootable CD because it doesn't get that far. I just
> tried it, though, and it still stops after displaying the CPU info.

Find the MB manufacturer's website and look for their post code 
information about your specific board.  If the internal speaker isn't 
hooked up, you won't be able to actually hear the post code errors.