Abit BP6

[ZachMarius]

I bought this mobo a few months ago and have finally been able to put the box together. Here is what is in there

HEC 250W PSU (enough Wattage to at least turn it on)
Abit BP6 mobo (yes it's a dualie)
1 Pentium III 800Mhz Socket 370 (pretty sure it works)
64MB Video card (yes it works)
2 NIC's (yes they work)
Western Digital HDD's 13 and 20 (yes they work)
DVD drive (works)
Cd-rw drive(works)

the problem is that when I turn it on I hear the computer turn on but I get no video on the monitor. I checked the vid card and it works. Is it possible to run a dualie on a single processor? (contrary to what I've read on the internet) or do I have to wait until I get another processor?

BTW I moved the slot to the opposite one and it wouldn't even turn on. secondary for vid?

Any help would be appriciated

 

[redbeard1]

BP6's were notorious for having capacitors fail. When you look at the motherboard, are the tops of the capacitors puffed up, or discolored by leaks?

 

[ZachMarius]

they look fine. Nothing weird or wrong. SHould it run with just one processor?

Thanks,
Chris


bump!

 

[uallas5]

The BP6 will run on only one processor (I had one myself, but always used dual o/c celerons) but only one socket will be the primary for single processor mode, make sure you're using that one. Also some of the dual 370 boards had dummies for the 2nd spot when only running single, I can't remember if the BP6 had one of those.
Pretty much all yer ?'s can be answered at BP6.com.
I'm also not too sure if that processor is supported, but those guys will know.