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Answer» I have a Dell Dimension 2400 and I recently bought a Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Socket 478 CPU to replace the original Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz Socket 478. update motherboard firmware first (bios) update Please ignore this...Quote from: jerryheavyarms on September 05, 2008, 10:30:56 PM Try to reseat everything there. Any error beeps? There were no error beeps when the computer booted up and everything sounded normal. Quote from: Aegis on September 06, 2008, 12:07:53 AM Does the Dell support the upgrade? I had installed an Intel Celeron 3.0Ghz before on it and it had worked fine. Quote from: senthilvalli on September 06, 2008, 12:13:50 AM first of all you check RAM.. The RAM is installed correctly, I have in two 1GB sticks of RAM right now. Quote from: patio on September 06, 2008, 06:54:53 AM Heatsink mounted properly ? ? Yes I mounted the heatsink properly but I didn't have any thermal compound left over to put on the new chip. I have in my old processor right now and the computer is working fine. Quote from: xavier on September 06, 2008, 07:30:18 AM The cpu you installed might have a larger front side bus rating, meaning your board wont take it.Read you MB manuel to see. this is only a guess The motherboard supports up to 800 MHz FSB and the processor I bought is 800MHz.Try an out of case test, Use 1 stick of ram, cpu, heatsink,video connected to your monitor,keyboard & mouse, only these items.When you turn on pc you should get a display on monitor.If you dont you have a hardware PBLM.Xavier: What is a hardware PBLM? Nlowrider: Not impossible that the new chip is faulty. Not very likely, but not impossible -- especially since you have the old chip in and the SYSTEM is fine. I have, once or twice, bought processors which the mother board manufacturers claim their boards will support, and they didn't work. Nothing wrong with the new chip -- the board, despite what the specifications claimed, wouldn't run a different chip.Does the DELL support the upgrade [Aegis quote]Quote from: nlowrider on September 06, 2008, 12:24:26 PM Yes I mounted the heatsink properly but I didn't have any thermal compound left over to put on the new chip.This may not be your problem...but it will be your problem. EDIT: Unless I misunderstood - Did you put thermal paste on the bottom of the heatsink?Quote from: xavier on September 06, 2008, 12:42:43 PM Try an out of case test, Use 1 stick of ram, cpu, heatsink,video connected to your monitor,keyboard & mouse, only these items.I did that and the result was the same, still didn't come on. Quote from: drmsucks on September 06, 2008, 02:54:34 PM EDIT: Unless I misunderstood - Did you put thermal paste on the bottom of the heatsink?There was still some left over on the bottom of the heatsink from before.Quote from: nlowrider on September 06, 2008, 08:20:24 PM Quote from: drmsucks on September 06, 2008, 02:54:34 PMBad plan! Sooner rather than later, REMOVE the CPU and heatsink. Take the heatsink off the CPU and remove all TRACES of compound from each surface. A credit card edge is good for the first pass and ISOPROPYL alcohol can be used to remove the residue. Remove all traces and dry thoroughly. Then, apply a small (tiny - approx the size of a grain of rice) amount of good quality thermal compound to each surface; spread thinly with a CLEAN credit card edge.EDIT: Unless I misunderstood - Did you put thermal paste on the bottom of the heatsink?There was still some left over on the bottom of the heatsink from before. Be very gentle, don't bend any pins, stay grounded. |
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