On restart, computer keeps recycling 1

[Sopman]

When I turn on my computer the first screen comes up with 3 lines in which one line has "SGRAM Size 8.00". Then another screen comes up which has the Energy Save symbol and does a memory test along with plug & play. Then it loops back to the first screen and keeps cycling through though two screens. It does it every time I go to Restart.
I can get to setup.
I have Win98SE.
Can someone help??

 

[Euphaz]

The usual way to do fault finding on hardware is the following:





1. Measure voltages on the power supply. 3.3v (ATX),+-5v, +-12v should be present vithin +-5% tolerance. The Power Good signal and 5v standby(ATX) should also be checked. They differ in color from the red 5v wires and measures 5 volt.


All pins on power must have a stable voltage.





2. Take out/disconnect every piece from the mainboard, also RAM. Just power, CPU and speaker is attached.





3. Power up and listen for an beep code. It is the 'memory missing' error code. It usually/should stop after a while. If it keeps on it might be main board/CPU failure.





4. Insert RAM and see if the BIOS perform the tests. It should fail on keyboard or disk.. If it does the loop now, the RAM, mainboard or CPU are faulty.





5. Connect keyboard, floppy, hdd and so on to check check if they work accordingly.





5. Do the same to the add on cards...





You should end up with the faulty device.