Problem with new processor installation

[stuman19]

Here is my motherboard: ASUS A7V KT133

Picture and review of A7V

I had a 800 Mhz T-Bird not OCed in it and it was fine. I recently wanted to upgrade to an Athlon XP 1600+ so I got myself one. The heatsink and fan is a FOP38.

Picture and specs of FOP38

I scraped all of the thermal paste off of the heat sink using rubbing alcohol and a puddy knife. I evenly applied thermal paste (artic silver) using a credit card.

The Problem:

Upon bootup I do not receive a post at all, and I just get a constant beep code. beep beep beep beep.....etc. I turned off the computer immediately to prevent an overheating.

Does this mean the processor is not seated correctly? What would you suggest?

 

[mechBgon]

The A7V doesn't support CPUs that have a 133MHz frontside bus or higher, so unfortunately the AthlonXP is out. Voltage regulators probably don't support its voltage requirements either. I've heard of people going to the trouble to hack the CPU and/or board in order to make this setup work, though. Maybe this is your excuse to pick up a new board and some of that inexpensive DDR memory that's floating around I can recommend the EPoX 8RDA+ and Crucial PC2100 or PC2700 memory, seeing as how that's what I'm using. If you got the 8RDA+ and the PC2700, then you would also be ready for another upgrade later, to a CPU that uses the 166MHz frontside bus, such as the AMD AthlonXP 2500+.

 

[stuman19]

You are right, this is something I should have known but overlooked.

 

[stuman19]

Ugh that is just grounds for getting a new computer.

 

[KF]

I disagree. The mobo regulators should support the voltage of the new CPU.

The mobo won't do FSB of 133. But a 1600+ has a multiplier of 10.5, I think. It should boot the CPU at 10.5 x 100 = 1.05 GHz. Flash to the latest BIOS (using the old CPU). Reset the CMOS.

Maybe it will boot. The problem will be if the "default" boot up mode is actually bootable. For instance, the CPU may not work at 20x 100 = 2000MHz.

Once you get it to work -if you do, to get the full potential, you will have to do some mods of the bridges. Maybe that is more than you want to get involved in.

>Does this mean the processor is not seated correctly? What would you suggest?
It could be. Take it all apart and see if the HS compound has been squashed out as it should be.

 

[fluxquantum]

hmmm...for some reason i can't view those pics