My 1.1Gb Celeron won?t post

[FlashG]

My old 566 Celeron runs great but I thought that a 1.1 Celeron (128 memory) would be a cheap upgrade. I installed the latest ASUS P3B-4 BIOS (ACPI BIOS 1008 beta 04) and fooled with all of the Slotkits settings (from default to 1.85v). So far it won?t even post. I think that 512 of new PC-133 might work but I want your opinions.


ASUS P3B-F board with latest BIOS
ASUS Slotkit
WindowsXP Pro
(2) Sticks of cheap PC-100 128 memory (256 total)
WD 40Gb HD 7,200RPM
New 40-12-40A Plextor Burner
New MX-420 GeForce 4 InnoVision
Sound Blaster Live Value

New memory (Yes - No - Else)?

 

[SupermanCK]

would it work with default voltage?

 

[FlashG]

No it wouldn't work at any voltage from 1.5 to 1.85 (1.75 is default). I was afraid to go over 1.85.

I also tried different voltage combinations of CU vs Celeron with no joy.

Other than new PC-133 memory I don't know what else to do.

 

[AndyHui]

Ah....that's a BIOS bug that ASUS refuses to fix (and it's been 3 revisions since the bug was found).

All of the BIOSes for the entire P2B/P3B family of boards will not allow 100MHz FSB with multipliers above 10. Change the FSB to see if you can get the thing to work, ie try 75MHz.

 

[LeoMael]

What if the celeron is a Tualatin core? Would that even work in that board?

 

[FlashG]

"LeoMael,

What if the celeron is a Tualatin core? Would that even work in that board?"



My cpu has 128 of memory and from what I understand it should (could) work. I think the Tualatin has 256 memory among other things.