Hey people I know I'm new here but would really appreciate some advice on this
currently it has
Pentium 4M 2.4 (this is a bit old and is my prime suspect)
Asus P4GPLX
Tagan 380W PSU
X700 Pro
1GB Corsair value RAM
No Floppy
10GB IDE hdd
DVD Rom
basically I can get it to start. The monitor recognises that it is connected to the graphics card when there's power going through it, all the fans spin etc when I turn on the power, but nothing else happens, I get no response on my monitor which I know is working.
When my 2 drives are plugged into the PSU alone they work, but as soon as I add an IDE cable they won't respond, the HDD stops spinning and the DVDROM won't open. I've tried multiple IDE cables too.
I'm not getting any beeps helping me diagnose the problem, but there's a tiny chance I've just fudged the beep speaker connection so im not reading tooo much into that (I heard processor problems are meant to give 3 beeps).
As I can't even get into the Bios, I'm thinking it's the processor (the mobo is brand new so im hoping its not that), but I just wanted to be sure before I put another one in because I know processor failure in 4M's isn't all that common (although its probably a Northwood, I know nothing about Northwood sudden death syndrome but I know of it...)
What do you guys recon? I have a e-bay'd 3.2 Northwood ready to put in but I want to be absolutely sure I know what was wrong with the old setup before I do. Thanks
currently it has
Pentium 4M 2.4 (this is a bit old and is my prime suspect)
Asus P4GPLX
Tagan 380W PSU
X700 Pro
1GB Corsair value RAM
No Floppy
10GB IDE hdd
DVD Rom
basically I can get it to start. The monitor recognises that it is connected to the graphics card when there's power going through it, all the fans spin etc when I turn on the power, but nothing else happens, I get no response on my monitor which I know is working.
When my 2 drives are plugged into the PSU alone they work, but as soon as I add an IDE cable they won't respond, the HDD stops spinning and the DVDROM won't open. I've tried multiple IDE cables too.
I'm not getting any beeps helping me diagnose the problem, but there's a tiny chance I've just fudged the beep speaker connection so im not reading tooo much into that (I heard processor problems are meant to give 3 beeps).
As I can't even get into the Bios, I'm thinking it's the processor (the mobo is brand new so im hoping its not that), but I just wanted to be sure before I put another one in because I know processor failure in 4M's isn't all that common (although its probably a Northwood, I know nothing about Northwood sudden death syndrome but I know of it...)
What do you guys recon? I have a e-bay'd 3.2 Northwood ready to put in but I want to be absolutely sure I know what was wrong with the old setup before I do. Thanks
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