P4 or mobo prob

edge813 · 09-13-2004, 02:16 PM

I made my first system a couple weeks ago using a gigabyte GA-8I848P-G mobo with a 2.66 ghz northwood P4. Today I got a new Prescott 3.0 P4(1 mb l2 cache), and gigabyte's website says that's a supported processor, but now after installing it, if I try to boot up the fans and all will kick on and stay running, but you never hear a drive boot up and the screen never show anything. So i tried to put the old processor in and restart it, but the same thing happened. Anyone have any ideas? Please help.

**w00t** · 09-13-2004, 02:57 PM

The awnser lies in yer BIOS

Did you change your bios settings to the new processor because if you didn't your processor could be screwed (not, but maybe), look on your processor sheat and set FSB and stuff to the correct settings.

edge813 · 09-13-2004, 03:12 PM

Any Idea how to set BIOS when the computer won't go to BIOS? LOL I think i'm screwed here. Even with the old processor back in the Power supply, system fan, and CPU fan turn on and run until i turn off the system. I can hear the hard drive moving(i think that's what it is at least). But nothign on the screen. The graphics card is a couple weeks old(ATI Radeon 9600XT) that i haven't touched since well before i changed processors, so i doubt it's the graphics card taht's the problem, and I've tried 2 monitors, both go into powersaver mode. I've tried resetting CMOS by pulling the jumper off for a few minutes and also by pulling the battery out for 15 minutes. Anyone got any ideas on how i can fix this?

09-13-2004, 04:59 PM

Take the jumper off of the clear cmos pins and try it.

edge813 · 09-13-2004, 06:13 PM

Just pull the jumper off and put it back on or let it set for a minute or two? I pulled it off, put it back on, and tried to start it up earlier and it didn't change anything. Right now i have it setting on the desk with the power unpluged still and the battery to the CMOS out. Figure i'll leave it like that overnight and see if it will clear the CMOS better than my attempt on the jumpers. Thanks for the idea though. I just can't beleive how dead my computer has become.

09-13-2004, 08:17 PM

The instructions say to put it on the pins to clear the CMOS! You leave it off for normal operation.

09-13-2004, 02:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
edge813 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP	P4 or mobo prob I made my first system a couple weeks ago using a gigabyte GA-8I848P-G mobo with a 2.66 ghz northwood P4. Today I got a new Prescott 3.0 P4(1 mb l2 cache), and gigabyte's website says that's a supported processor, but now after installing it, if I try to boot up the fans and all will kick on and stay running, but you never hear a drive boot up and the screen never show anything. So i tried to put the old processor in and restart it, but the same thing happened. Anyone have any ideas? Please help.

09-13-2004, 02:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	The awnser lies in yer BIOS Did you change your bios settings to the new processor because if you didn't your processor could be screwed (not, but maybe), look on your processor sheat and set FSB and stuff to the correct settings. __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

09-13-2004, 03:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
edge813 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP	Any Idea how to set BIOS when the computer won't go to BIOS? LOL I think i'm screwed here. Even with the old processor back in the Power supply, system fan, and CPU fan turn on and run until i turn off the system. I can hear the hard drive moving(i think that's what it is at least). But nothign on the screen. The graphics card is a couple weeks old(ATI Radeon 9600XT) that i haven't touched since well before i changed processors, so i doubt it's the graphics card taht's the problem, and I've tried 2 monitors, both go into powersaver mode. I've tried resetting CMOS by pulling the jumper off for a few minutes and also by pulling the battery out for 15 minutes. Anyone got any ideas on how i can fix this?

09-13-2004, 06:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
edge813 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4 OS: Win XP	Just pull the jumper off and put it back on or let it set for a minute or two? I pulled it off, put it back on, and tried to start it up earlier and it didn't change anything. Right now i have it setting on the desk with the power unpluged still and the battery to the CMOS out. Figure i'll leave it like that overnight and see if it will clear the CMOS better than my attempt on the jumpers. Thanks for the idea though. I just can't beleive how dead my computer has become.

09-13-2004, 08:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
SPEEDO Guest Posts: n/a OS:	The instructions say to put it on the pins to clear the CMOS! You leave it off for normal operation.