Not having time to try all the various suggestions supplied by folks about whether I have either
a- killed my A7N8X Deluxe mobo
b- killed my brand new Athlon XP-M 2500+
C- killed my bios chip
(original thread is a couple of pages later on in this forum)
I am in this quandary: I have no way of testing the cpu with another mobo (I don't have one), and because the system won't boot even with the old cpu (Athlon XP2400)- it starts to boot, but never gets to the bios- in fact the monitor never gets a signal--- I guess I still have no way to tell for certain which component is causing the problem. So, should I just go ahead and replace the mobo, and work my way from there? In that case, can you give any recommendations on which nForce 2 board to buy, that will be good for o/c'ing the XP-M chip? I'm not ready to make the investment in a new chipset/cpu/videocard, so I'd like to try and maximize the components I already have (Radeon 9500 AGP card, 1 GB Corsair XMS3200 memory, Athlon XP-M 2500+) All your recommendations are greatly appreciated as always!
a- killed my A7N8X Deluxe mobo
b- killed my brand new Athlon XP-M 2500+
C- killed my bios chip
(original thread is a couple of pages later on in this forum)
I am in this quandary: I have no way of testing the cpu with another mobo (I don't have one), and because the system won't boot even with the old cpu (Athlon XP2400)- it starts to boot, but never gets to the bios- in fact the monitor never gets a signal--- I guess I still have no way to tell for certain which component is causing the problem. So, should I just go ahead and replace the mobo, and work my way from there? In that case, can you give any recommendations on which nForce 2 board to buy, that will be good for o/c'ing the XP-M chip? I'm not ready to make the investment in a new chipset/cpu/videocard, so I'd like to try and maximize the components I already have (Radeon 9500 AGP card, 1 GB Corsair XMS3200 memory, Athlon XP-M 2500+) All your recommendations are greatly appreciated as always!