{OT} Help - fuggin puters

Decided to give my pc an early Xmas so bought an Athlon XP 2200 to
stick in it (previously had a 1000). The motherboard's a Jetway V266B,
which can support up to 2600 with the latest bios according to the
website.

So I flashed the bios, set the FSB jumper to 133, & the multiplier to
12.5 which is the highest it goes. I believe the XP 2200 actual speed
is 1800, so the multiplier should be 13.5, but assumed either the cpu's
locked (can't see the L1 bridge well enough to tell), or the bios would
sort it out.

Anyway, it powers up ok, but that's all. No beeps or anything, but it
won't kick the screen into life. I've tried various other multiplier
settings with both 100 & 133 FSB but no joy. It all works fine if I
stick the old cpu back in.

Any suggestions? DOA CPU maybe? One confusing thing is on the jetway
website, it lists two different bios .bins for this board depending
which page you look at. One of them's definitely for the VIA 266
chipset, which is the one I used. The other .bin is for a different VIA
chipset. I could try that, but I'm worried it'll toast the bios chip.

 

Have you tried putting the old CPU back in and seeing if it works?

Has your monitor taken an early retirement?

Have you got a graphics card that may have come loose?

Have you got the monitor plugged in!

 

Try reading para 2 again

And again...

And again...

....

 

Memory speed. You probably need faster memory now you have changed
the FSB frequency.

Mikey

 

Sounds like it to me TBH.

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You were a bit quick there, matey.

Only after I sent it did I read your post properly and cancel mine but
ohhh no! you were just too fast, dammit.

 

It's PC133 memory, & I've got the memory speed set to 133 in the bios
anyway (it's a separate setting), so I don't think that's it. Ta anyway.

 

In that case, I think I'll take it down the local friendly puter shop &
get it tested. You seem to be the man in the know about these things.

 

Sounds like not enough juice to me. If it still works with the
old cpu as you've said, then the new one should work at the lower
clock setting. Also, if the MoBo bios has a voltage setting, try
hiking that up a tad to test at full speed. If it works, make
sure you have plenty of cooling going on.

Try running the new cpu with the bios setting to "auto" or
"failsafe" or at the old cpu setting. If it still won't work,
it's prolly b0rked. The bios upgrade sounds ok to me.

 

Good point, that's the one thing I haven't tried yet.

I got a new copper base cooler with the chip, which makes the old chip
run 16 degrees cooler than it used to!

I tried auto-detect, both manual settings (100 & 133 FSB), & clearing
the bios using the MB jumper - no joy.

 

I'm flattered. Let us know what the final score is.
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What he says! *Points at Mike*

Had the exact same problem: new motherboard, CPU, memory etc. in old cabinet
with old power-supply - and the bloody thing refused to start at all. New
'jucier' power-supply sorted problem completely and everything worked
perfectly.


/Claus

 

It was dead. Very, very dead. Hopefully Ebuyer live up to their
reputation when it comes to dishing out RMA numbers.

 

It was DOA. The power supply's a 350W Enermax which should be able to
cope (I hope!).

 

I've never had an issue with RMA from them. Takes a day or so though.

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SNIP!

probably a bad bios flash - you may have flashed the wrong bios file, the
bios file may be corrupt, the flash may have gone wrong or the bios chip may
have failed. (I presume you did a 'clear cmos' to reset it to defaults
before attempting to boot. You may also find that removing the power lead
and the cmos battery for 10 mins before attempting a boot will revive it.)
Unless the bios chip itself has failed It should also be possible to reflash
the bios from a bootable floppy (this will be 'blind' as the motherboard
will not be able to initialise the graphics card) - google for details.
Alternatively it may be possible to "hot flash" the bios chip if you can
access a motherboard with the same kind of bios chip - google for details.

Tony

 

LOL. Propagation not good on that server?

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Would you like a reply now, or shall I give you a few minutes to cancel
your post? ;-p

 

I read the entire thread when I first posted. I was amazed that nobody
seemd to be suggesting the most obvious cause of the problem. I told you
what was probably wrong and how to correct it if my guess is correct. If
you screwed the bios when it was flashed then OF COURSE the motherboard will
be 'dead, very dead' (just like the man said) - unless the bios can be
reflashed properly. You can mess about trying to RMA it with Ebuyer if you
want (good luck!) but its possible that you could be up and running again
quite quickly if it is a recoverable bad flash.

Tony

 

Propagation fine. Unless ebuyer have started to RMA stuff within a few
hours I am assuming that he still has the board. He can mess about trying
to RMA it or he can double check the possibility of a bad bios flash. It
seems pretty obvious that a bad bios flash is the most likely cause - he had
a working motherboard, he flashed the bios, it stopped working. A bad bios
flash will make the board 'dead, very dead' just like the man in the shop
said - I have recovered several 'dead' motherboards by reviving their bioses
so there is still a good chance of recovery.

Tony