cpu installation

[pontifex]

if a cpu is installed incorrectly, could it cause the pc to not display a video signal?
i'm pretty sure i installed it correctly but its soemthing for me to double check.

also, i think i found out that my motherboard requires a bios update to use wolfdale chips ( i got an e8400). i should still be able to get the bios to load up to perform this update, right?

 

[MarcVenice]

With some luck the pc will post, but say it doesn't recognize the CPU, and lets you into the bios, so you can flash the bios to a new version. I think it depends on the mobo though.

For you videocard trouble I'd try the motherboard or videocard forum.

 

[graysky]

Are you hearing any beep codes?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: graysky
Are you hearing any beep codes?

no but i can't remember if it ever beeped on the old hardware either.

 

[MarcVenice]

Hehe, you do have to have a small speaker plugged into the mobo After a succesfull POST it usually beeps once. Unsuccesfull posts will give different beep codes, depending on what's wrong.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Hehe, you do have to have a small speaker plugged into the mobo After a succesfull POST it usually beeps once. Unsuccesfull posts will give different beep codes, depending on what's wrong.

i get no beeps at all. there is no PC speaker connection on my tower or for my mobo.

 

[MarcVenice]

There should be a header, located near where you connect the casewires for the reset/power button etc, where you can 'hook up' a really small speaker ? Or there could be some lights on the mobo that tell you what piece of hardware is not functioning properly ...

 

[pontifex]

my old mobo has a small display which shows FF which means boot.

all i have on the new mobo is a bllue light.

 

[Mondoman]

Originally posted by: pontifex
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also, i think i found out that my motherboard requires a bios update to use wolfdale chips ( i got an e8400). i should still be able to get the bios to load up to perform this update, right?

Not necessarily -- this is a "catch-22" on some MBs. You might want to contact your vendor about a replacement MB with an updated BIOS.

 

[pontifex]

all fixed
problem was bent pins on the new mobos cpu slot and i sent that back and got a different mobo.

problem with old hw was bent pins on cpu. when i was removing the old mobo, the hsf came loose and i just pushed it back down. well, little did i know that the cpu came up a little too, enough to come out of the socket. pins got bent when i pushed it back down.

trying to fix the pins and i broke one off so that cpu is a goner.

new hw is all good now.