For various reason that arent applicable to this question I made the jump from being an Intel boy to getting an AMD chip. So I bought a AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and a Soltek SL-75KAV motherboard.
Quite simply it doesnt work
First of all I dont get any post beeps from the motherboard at all. I have tested the case speaker and it is fine, all its connections to the mobo all seem to be fine aswell - this is the config :
There are 4 pins allocated to the speaker:
Pin 1 - Speaker Signal
Pin 2 - None
Pin 3 - GND
Pin 4 - Vcc
I have tried just about every feasible configuration, but no post beeps, I currently have black to 1 and red to 3.
Secondly the processor, I have a really bad feeling I may have blown the chip, when I first booted the machine I didnt change any settings at all for the FSB & Multiplier (the board doesnt seem auto detect and is set to 200mhz FSB & 6.0x by default) - the Athlon XP chip (AFAIK) runs at 266 FSB and according to an info sheet on the mobo should run at a 10.5x multiplier - I tried this config and this doesnt work either. The reason I "think" I may have blown the chip is that there is a slight smell of "burnt" coming from it (even after it has been powered down and removed from the mobo) and also the "void if removed" sticker on the underside has a slight brown tinge to it now (which is didnt have before) - The heat sink fan was seated securely and had a good seal and the fan did spin up everytime I powered - With regard to auto detection of settings there is a jumper on the mobo called "Frequency Ratio Select" this can be either on or off - on (I think) means that it will auto detect the muliplier from the Frequency ID signals sent from the mobo.
Thirdly I dont get any video output from the mobo (monitor stays at "no signal"), I have tried multiple video cards (all AGP as I dont have any PCI cards) and nothing.
Does anybody have any suggestions at all on these problems??<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by WiseBuddha on 12/22/01 07:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Quite simply it doesnt work
First of all I dont get any post beeps from the motherboard at all. I have tested the case speaker and it is fine, all its connections to the mobo all seem to be fine aswell - this is the config :
There are 4 pins allocated to the speaker:
Pin 1 - Speaker Signal
Pin 2 - None
Pin 3 - GND
Pin 4 - Vcc
I have tried just about every feasible configuration, but no post beeps, I currently have black to 1 and red to 3.
Secondly the processor, I have a really bad feeling I may have blown the chip, when I first booted the machine I didnt change any settings at all for the FSB & Multiplier (the board doesnt seem auto detect and is set to 200mhz FSB & 6.0x by default) - the Athlon XP chip (AFAIK) runs at 266 FSB and according to an info sheet on the mobo should run at a 10.5x multiplier - I tried this config and this doesnt work either. The reason I "think" I may have blown the chip is that there is a slight smell of "burnt" coming from it (even after it has been powered down and removed from the mobo) and also the "void if removed" sticker on the underside has a slight brown tinge to it now (which is didnt have before) - The heat sink fan was seated securely and had a good seal and the fan did spin up everytime I powered - With regard to auto detection of settings there is a jumper on the mobo called "Frequency Ratio Select" this can be either on or off - on (I think) means that it will auto detect the muliplier from the Frequency ID signals sent from the mobo.
Thirdly I dont get any video output from the mobo (monitor stays at "no signal"), I have tried multiple video cards (all AGP as I dont have any PCI cards) and nothing.
Does anybody have any suggestions at all on these problems??<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by WiseBuddha on 12/22/01 07:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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