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Anonymous   05-23-2009 at 11:23:11 PM

I have a old dell demension 2350 with a p4 1.7 ghz, i bought a p4 2.66 ghz offline. i installed it and the computer doesnt runs, it just turns on. why?

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daship   05-24-2009 at 12:10:38 AM
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Beause your old bios dont support it. All you can do is see if there is a bios available that is compatible.

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AKM880   05-24-2009 at 12:15:42 AM
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Just a guess, maybe your computer only supports CPUs with FSB's up to 400MHz, but that P4 2.66GHz has a 533MHz FSB.

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PsychoSaysDie   05-24-2009 at 12:32:54 AM
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AKM880 wrote :

Just a guess, maybe your computer only supports CPUs with FSB's up to 400MHz, but that P4 2.66GHz has a 533MHz FSB.




Probably the main reason right there.

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HundredIslandsBoy   05-24-2009 at 11:37:32 AM
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The Intel® 845GL Chipset on that motherboard supports only up to 400 mhz fsb. Unless you've got bios settings to force the motherboard to underclock the processor, it probably won't boot.

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megamanx00   05-24-2009 at 07:18:12 PM
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If you're lucky, you may be able to find a hacked BIOS for it online. Of course if something goes wrong you will end up with a dead motherboard, but it seems like that board isn't doing it for ya anyways ^_^.

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