My Athlon XP 1700+ from newegg arrived a few days ago (the markings on the chip are: AXDA1700DUT3C 9320257260074; JIUCB 0250MPMW). Unfortunately, when I install it in my Gigabyte GA-7ZXE, the system will not even POST; the drives spin up, but the monitor gets no signal; there is no sign of any BIOS screen, and there are no POST beep codes. When I swap in my 800MHz Duron, the system runs fine. I have tried pulling all unnecessary peripherals except the video card, and unplugging all drives except for the hard disks and floppy drive to see if it's an inadequate PSU issue, but that didn't seem to help. I have also cleared the CMOS by removing the battery for about a minute in between each reconfiguration of peripherals while the system is unplugged, and that had no effect, either.
The CPU appears to be in good physical condition; I haven't cracked the core, and there are no burnt spots on it.
What scares me is that I saw something on Gigabyte's website about the latest "F9" BIOS (I'm running "F8") adding support for the .18 AXP 2100+, but there is no mention (that I can remember) of support for .13 micron Tbred B processors. Does this mean that I will have to spend much extra US$ for a new motherboard (possibly Epox 8RDA+ or ASUS A7N8X) and DDR SDRAM?
The CPU appears to be in good physical condition; I haven't cracked the core, and there are no burnt spots on it.
What scares me is that I saw something on Gigabyte's website about the latest "F9" BIOS (I'm running "F8") adding support for the .18 AXP 2100+, but there is no mention (that I can remember) of support for .13 micron Tbred B processors. Does this mean that I will have to spend much extra US$ for a new motherboard (possibly Epox 8RDA+ or ASUS A7N8X) and DDR SDRAM?