New computer build with issues

[Zardnok]

I had a problem a few weeks back with my old Jetway motherboard going bad and decided it was time to upgrade boards. I ordered a Shuttle AN35N Ultra from Newegg and transferred my old equipment onto it. I unlocked my old AMD Athlon XP 2200+ chip and used the new motherboard as an opportunity to try Overclocking. I reformatted my hard-drive and put a fresh Windows XP Pro install along with the myriad of updates. I downloaded and installed all of the latest drivers for my other equipment from the web and started to get excited.

Things started well and I was able to push the processor a bit as well as the voltage a tad. I did not go "extreme" to start with as this was my first overclock. I started at 11.5X166 and when that performed well, I goosed it up to 12.0X166 and bumped the VCore up to 1.70volts. After 45 minutes or so my computer totally shut down and refused to reboot. I have a hard-cano 2 temperature monitor in my top 5.25 drive slot with a thermal lead attached to the bottom of the CPU according to Thermal-take directions. The CPU temp when my machine died was 52C.

I assumed that I had somehow burned my old processor out and after trying to reset the CMOS to no avail, I ordered a new Athlon Mobile 2600+ chip from newegg to replace my "burned" out chip. I swapped chips out and I still have the exact same problems as before. The machine "turns on", the LEDs light up, and the drives light up, but there is no beeping noise to let me know that the processor is OK and there is nothing on the screen except the "no-signal" display.

I am wondering if perhaps the motherboard is bad or could it be that I have 2 faulty chips? Am I correct in my belief that the initial "beep" when a computer boots is the motherboard checking the processor before anything else? Any ideas or thought on what I could try to perhaps remedy this situation? Should I order another AN35N from Newegg and RMA the first one I purchased? Using my old Athlon 1200 system for the past two weeks is about to kill me!


My system specs are:

Shuttle AN35N Ultra
AMD Athlon Mobile 2600+ w/hardcano-9 cooling
WD 80GB hard-drive with fresh Windows XP Pro install
Enermax 500Watt powersupply
Radeon 9000pro 64 MB video card
2-512mb sticks of PC2700 generic RAM

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance that may be provided!

 

[gwai lo]

got another mobo to test the parts with?

also I'd look over the mobo to see if anything fried or something

 

[Zardnok]

My old Jetway board has a capacitor that is swollen up and gives me error after error when I try to boot it. The system I am on now uses an older Abit KT7 motherboard with my old Athlon 1200 chip in it. I checked on the Abit website and they said that the version 1.3 motherboard would support my 2200 and 2600 chips if I updated to the latest bios, but my motherboard is older than 1.3 and will not support it.

I guess that was why I was considering ordering a second AN35N ultra board and then using my old chip for a backup system rebuild as well when I get the RMAed board back. They are only $60, but I would prefer to get the first board working properly first.

Thanks for the prompt response.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Two simple suggestions:

1) Plug your CPU fan to another header. I recently replaced an Asus A7N266 with a Shuttle AN35N-Ultra and it wouldn't boot at all until I moved the fan (low speed 80mm) to another header.

2) Try one stick of RAM at a time (be sure to test them both).