I was going to upgrade my Asus A7A266 board from PC133 RAM and a 1GHz Athlon TBird to PC2100 RAM and an AthlonXP 2100+.
That upgrade didn't go too well and I somehow killed my mobo after I put the new CPU in (the ram showed up OK in POST before I swapped CPUs). I decided to just replace it with a Biostar M7NCD Pro and be EXTRA careful with static this time.
I put the CPU and RAM in and now when I power up the fans spin but I get no video. Then the board powers down (fans stop) and I get a low/high alternating error beep.
Is this a sign that I've got a bad component (I would guess the CPU) or do I have a bad combination of components? I thought these would all be compatible since that mobo supports a variety of bus speeds. I also can't get my old CPU to work in the new mobo, so I don't know what's up. I wonder if the new CPU is killing mobo's, but have no good way to test that theory.
I have a tech support request in to Biostar but thought I'd get some opinions here too. Any ideas? Am I making a mistake by combining these? Thanks!
Matt
"If you understood everything i said, you'd be me" --Miles Davis
That upgrade didn't go too well and I somehow killed my mobo after I put the new CPU in (the ram showed up OK in POST before I swapped CPUs). I decided to just replace it with a Biostar M7NCD Pro and be EXTRA careful with static this time.
I put the CPU and RAM in and now when I power up the fans spin but I get no video. Then the board powers down (fans stop) and I get a low/high alternating error beep.
Is this a sign that I've got a bad component (I would guess the CPU) or do I have a bad combination of components? I thought these would all be compatible since that mobo supports a variety of bus speeds. I also can't get my old CPU to work in the new mobo, so I don't know what's up. I wonder if the new CPU is killing mobo's, but have no good way to test that theory.
I have a tech support request in to Biostar but thought I'd get some opinions here too. Any ideas? Am I making a mistake by combining these? Thanks!
Matt
"If you understood everything i said, you'd be me" --Miles Davis