I still can't get my computer to boot.

[Nutcase]

Hi guys! I posted a message a while back on how I overclocked my 433@650 and it wouldn't run after that. Well I got a new processor yesterday and it still doesnt display anything. I have a Diamond Viper V770. Do you think the video card is dead? Or do you think that the Motherboard is dead? I tried the ram and the Hd on a diffrent computer and they work fine. I know the processor is fine because I got a new boxed processor from Intel yesterday. Any Ideas?

[Dillbert2000]

Yes, it could be both. First of all, dump the over clocking and set your motherboard jumpers to factory settings. Now take all the other boards off and try to get up and running with only the Ram, HD drive, Motherboard and video card. LISTEN for the Hard drive to start when you turn on the power. that will atleast let you know that some juice is going through the mother board. If that doesn't work check you video card on the other PC if you can. If the video card is bad replace it. Then put the new video card back on the old motherbaord with just the basics. If the mother board still doesn't boot then you might have fried it. Darn expensive over clocking for you but maybe the board is just unstable and that much over. Good luck.

[This message has been edited by Dillbert2000 (edited 10-06-99).]

[Bronco]

Nutcase,

VERRRRY GOOOOOOD NAME /forum/smile.gif

Ever try BeOS?

[Nutcase]

Umm I dont need to reset any jumpers on my motherboard because its a Abit BM6 and well everything is done through the BIOS. I have 128mb SD100 ram
10.2 GB Westren Digital HD
a 4.2GB Westren Digital HD
a sound blaster Live! (Value)
Creative 48x CDROM
Mitsumi 4x2x8 CDRW
A Celeron 433
Abit BM6 motherboard
Diamond V770 (32mb not Ultra)
Thats what I have...
I got a new processor so that is fine. The HD's are fine and everything else is fine. What do you think got fried? The Motherboard or the Video card? The motherboard does supply eletricty to all the cards...
and umm Bronco no I havent use BeOS yet... I heard it combined with Linux. Im not sure I do run linux though.

[Susan]

Darn, I better start reading these posts more thoroughly...

[This message has been edited by Susan (edited 10-07-99).]

[Vampiel]

433@650!? no wonder your name is nutcase |) I hope you had a mean cooling system, alot of MB's cant handle any where near that kind of overclock, most likely you burnt it bad, I wouldnt expect to be using anything on that MB.

[Dillbert2000]

Ok so then if everything is done through the bios set your bios for a 433 Cel processor. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you saying but I took your posting to mean that you were running a 433 chip overclocked to 650. Cel chips (the newere ones anyway) generally can't be overclocked because Intel made them that way. Also, both Cel and AMD chips are bad candidates for overclocking because they creat a lot of heat. DON"T barrow a video card, that is a very bad idea. You may have fried a volt regulator or some other chip and that motherboard might fry any video card you insert.

Now that I am thinking about it if you still have your bios set for a 650 chip then that my be the problem. Also, check the mother board manual for warnings about the max that it was signed to handle.

Good luck.

[This message has been edited by Dillbert2000 (edited 10-07-99).]

[Nutcase]

The motherboard can handle 650mhz I know that for a fact. And I have cleared the BIOS but it still just doesn't display anything. Do you think the Video card is dead? or the Motherboard? Which has more chances of having burned out? I will try to get a video card this weekend but I am not sure that I will be able to.

[wxman40]

The video is the first thing that should appear when the pc is powered on. If you aren't getting video, it nay be that when you installed the new processor that something isn't seated properly. If the MB detects any kind of voltage ireegularity then it will not supply power for anything. If the MB has a light on it, power the pc on and see if the light on the MB illluminates....if not...then there is someting grounded or causing the power not to get to the MB. I added some ram to my pc one time and spent hours with the same problem...just to find out that i didn't have the ram seated properly....

[Nutcase]

No, No, No most of you are getting the wrong impression of what is wrong. I overclocked my computer to 650mhz about 3 weeks ago and then it wouldn't turn on again. I called Intel and asked them for a replacement and the replacement arrived about 2 days ago. I put the "new" processor in and turned the computer on. The CPU fan starts and the HD powers up. There are no lights on the motherboard so I can't check it that way. I still think that the Video Card is fried because the Motherboard is distributing power to the modem, Network Card, CPU fan, etc.

[Nutcase]

Umm I am sorry about that.. it was my fault for not giving you all the information. Can someone please help me? And thank you for all the help you have given me before!

[airnex]

umm.. Have you tried to reset the cmos on the Abit mb? I believe the Abit mb have a jumper to reset the cmos. Try that.. what you need to do is to unplug the power cord. switch the jumper. plug in the power cord (I believe you do not need to turn on computer) and unplug again. switch the jumper back and plugh the power again.. (your cmos should be at factory setting) look in your manual for instructions.

[MickMitani]

If it's your video card, you should hear some beeping when the MB powers up, unless it fried in such a way that as long as it is in the computer that the CPU won't get power. If you aren't getting any beeps right now, take your video card out, or if it is on the MB, disable it with jumpers. If everything else is okay, the computer should beep like crazy when it can't find the video card. If still no beeps, then it's time to start considering that some part on the MB has failed. I always keep an old cheap ISA video card around to check MBs with. When I have a suspect MB, I unplug everything, remove all cards, put that ISA video card in and try to boot the MB. That's it, just MB, CPU, RAM and Video. If the MB is okay, then you should get something and you will just have to reconnect the hardware piece by piece to find out what died.