Motherboard problems

Once again i need help with motherboard problems. I just bought an abit motherboard. I installed a brand new intel p4 cpu, a 512 stick. Once u start the system, you hear the hard drive starting, but shortly after you hear a sound similiar to that of a power drain. So the hard-drive will try again,and the same thing occurs again. Any suggestions will help. Once again thank you in advance.

 

is this motherboard a replacement for an old one?
if so you will most likely need to reinstall windows because the drivers for mobo are different etc etc...

 

I dont mind reinstalling windows. The darn thing wont even beep. I have taken out memory and everything to see if it beeps. The darn thing just sits there.
thanks for responding
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Some more info might help solve your problem.
No beeps does your rig have internal speaker and is it connected to your MOBO?
You replaced MOBO & mem, did old one fry?
Open the case to see if you can hear what is making noise, HDD, a Fan?

Ya also said "the Dam thing just sit's there" are fan's running, led's lit, what?

 

Once again thank you guys for helping. The old motherboard had one of the heat-sink mounting clips broken, thus not allowing a firm and secure heat-sink. This would cause the computer to basically stop working after it had heated up. So i decided to get a new chip, and replace it with a brand new mobo.

The new mobo was an abit sg-72. I bought this board at Frys, and wasnt expecting any instant satisfactory results, but had no choice, since other stores in town were sold out, with in-built video.

Once i connected everything, i noticed that the initial boot-up had no beeps nor any video. The noise that i heard was from the hard-drive. Basically the hardrive was trying to start. Since this configuration did not work i decided to plug out the hard-drive, and just have a cd-rom plugged in. This way i could run knoppix. This did not work either. So i took out every-thing, including the cpu,and still no beep. I have concluded that frys is worthless, and should be avoided. Im even thinking about pursuing a i hate frys website, if it hasnt already being done. Ill be taking the board back tomorrow.
I hope my drive, and brand new cpu are ok. If you have a nice guide or any other solutions it will be greatly appreciated, since i shall build this system again once i get a better board. And im really pleased with the punctuality of this forum.
Thank You
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