848p mobo won't post

I have a 1.7 I pulled from my old dell (people think its intell)
anyways, bought a 848p neo, bought an Echo Star 480W Power Supply, 512 of PNY PC3200, grabbed my old video card (I know it works) which is a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra (256 mb) and put it all together.
Anyways, the system turns on like a charm, makes a few reassuring noises and then hangs before the monitor ever displays a single message. As in, the monitor stays in standby like its not even plugged into a turned-on computer.
Nothing smells funny, and the computer will continue to hum away; just I don't think its doing anything.
The reason I don't think its doing anything is the diagnostic lights on the back (I'm using the D-Bracket 2) are the same no matter how long I leave the computer running:
red green
red green
In the manual, this light configuration means the motherboard is "Testing Base and Extended Memory" but unfortunatly
a) I have no idea what it means by "Testing Base and Extended Memory" and
b) I have a suspicion that my problem is something different than what the lights are talking about just because it seems like the lights shouldn't STAY in that position.
I really have no idea what to do; I tried resetting CMOS, but that didn't help.
Any help would be appreciated!

Hi,
1) hit reset button 3-4 times
2) Install 1 stick of mem only
3) Try lower spec ram ddr 266
4) Update bios too 1.4 or above
Please also note that certain ddr400 mem sticks are not 100% compat, with this board.....
I have only just switched too PT880 chipset.....
You should be able too boot system now........
Del

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