- Feb 28, 2000
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Had a system together for my 11 year old niece,and out of no where it would't post no more.
K6-2 400 CPU was installed.
Ok so i tried an older P133 CPU i had laying around to see if it was the CPU.
the P133 booted fine.
so went ahead and bought a K6-2 450 and now its doing the same thing that the 400 was doing.
tried changing PSU's but not sure if either are AMD approved.
they are just a couple Generic 250W.
but was wanting to know if a PS isn't AMD Approved,will it not let a system post at all?
i noticed when i had the 400 in it working fine,it would get the random reboots every now and then.
but as i said,the P133 works fine but the K6-2 400 and 450 does not.
just want to make sure that its not the CPU that i just got thats bad.
Also,with the first PS,when i power on with the AMD CPU in it,the PS fan will start to turn on,but then just quit.
it will work fine with the P133.
Just tried another newer PSU with no luck.that makes 3 PSU's now,and which one of them ran the system fine for about 2 months.also tried underclocking it to see if that had any affect with no luck.
Specs:
ATX Biostar M5ALA Board
K6-2 400 and 450
48X IDE Cdrom
IDE HD
PCI 8Mb Vid
ISA Sound
ISA 3COM NIC
Thanks for any help.
Shawn.
K6-2 400 CPU was installed.
Ok so i tried an older P133 CPU i had laying around to see if it was the CPU.
the P133 booted fine.
so went ahead and bought a K6-2 450 and now its doing the same thing that the 400 was doing.
tried changing PSU's but not sure if either are AMD approved.
they are just a couple Generic 250W.
but was wanting to know if a PS isn't AMD Approved,will it not let a system post at all?
i noticed when i had the 400 in it working fine,it would get the random reboots every now and then.
but as i said,the P133 works fine but the K6-2 400 and 450 does not.
just want to make sure that its not the CPU that i just got thats bad.
Also,with the first PS,when i power on with the AMD CPU in it,the PS fan will start to turn on,but then just quit.
it will work fine with the P133.
Just tried another newer PSU with no luck.that makes 3 PSU's now,and which one of them ran the system fine for about 2 months.also tried underclocking it to see if that had any affect with no luck.
Specs:
ATX Biostar M5ALA Board
K6-2 400 and 450
48X IDE Cdrom
IDE HD
PCI 8Mb Vid
ISA Sound
ISA 3COM NIC
Thanks for any help.
Shawn.