I'm Stumped

[i82much]

Hello All
I'm working on a Intel se440bx mobo with 3 78mb of ram running win 98se
I'm having some trouble with this thing so I did the following
replaced the battery,and removed everything but the cpu, got some beeps
inserted the memory and they were detected
Plugged in the hard drive and it was detected.
I even reseated the cpu
The thing is almost clean enough to eat off it
Now when I go to boot up post finds the mobo and processor, finds the memory (383mb), finds the keyboard and mouse, finds the hard drive and the cdrom. and stops right there
It wont go any farther than that no matter what I do
I've tried booting off a floppy, *censored* I even tried flashing the bios
The floopy drive spins during the post but that is all
When I try to get into the bio to chage the boot order (thinking cd) it just hangs at "entering setup"
This computer has a twin (same everything) that has the same kinda problem but lives miles away
Any suggestions?
Thanks Mel

[pcdoc4christ]

How many beeps did you hear?  The beep code indicates what hardware is not working or connected incorrectly.  

Also, different BIOSes have different beep codes.  What BIOS manufacturer name appears on the computer when you power it on?

[Nancy_O]

378 mb. of ram?  How many sticks?  How many slots do you have inside the computer where you place the memory sticks?  Something doesnt seem to add up right.  Even if you had  one 256 mb and one 128 mb still doesnt add up to 378 unless the video card is using up some.  384 but then you mentioned when it booted again it read 383 m.b.?  Hang in there someone will be along to help you!!!!

[Joe_Flanagan]

Probably 3 x 128.

I'm wondering what the history of the machine is...
Could it be a retired corporate number that has been re-sold with a wiped hard drive ?

Need more info.

[i82much]

Thanks to all for replying
I will have to start over afain for the beep codes, as I forgot which one's I got at which time.
I have 3 slots for the memory thus 3x128 = 378
These computers were built by a freind, and were used in his home office doing CAD work for many years
Will get back to all soon on the beet codes.
Thanks again    Mel