Ah, yes that's it, RDRAM. that's what the mother board requires. Anyway I set everything before. Put in the new 2.5gig cpu, added the thermal goo then the fan. Stuck in the memory and added all the PCI cards. Went to power it up and guess what? F*ing nothing ! The mother board's little LED lit up so it was getting power but nothing happened when I pressed the power button. So then I start checking all connections etc, then check the actual power button but could I find a fault? Nope. So, what could be wrong? If the mother board is dead then surly the MB LED wouldn't light up. If the CPU is dead then surly the Fan or something would spin on either the mother board or the power block. If memory is bad then the system would at least power up. Why am I so unlucky with PCs Now I'm back on the old one after having to put it all back together. Yakumo
This is a pretty obvious one but it's often overlooked: are you sure the CPU is compatible with the motherboard? I've had that happen a few times. There could also be damage to the motherboard or components from electrostatic discharge, but I don't think you can really test for that. Not to come off as condescending or rude, but this is why I buy all of my components new. I don't trust computer hardware to last between users so I try to avoid buying equipment unless it's from a retailer. Then again that may not even be the problem here. Just sayin'
I forgot to mention. RDRAM requires blank sticks of RAM. in other words, all the empty slots of RDRAM have to be filled by this: ON TOP OF THAT, you have to install RAM in pairs, I believe. So, you might need another matching stick of 512mb PC800 RDRAM. See why I recommended the latest generation hardware? So much easier to put together. Also, tell me the model of your motherboard (as well as the brand), so that I can see if it supports 2.5ghz Celeron D cpus, which in most cases, does not..... as far as I know...
Man, really? I never knew that. Do you think that could be why it's not booting at all? If so I'm in luck because I have 4 sets coming next week (total of 1 gig) so I will fill up all the 4 slots with them to see if it boots. If not then more problems I guess. The mother board I have is ASUS P4T-E Ver.1.00 Here's a picture of it with the CPU, fan and memory installed. I took all t he PCI cards off since I need them in this old PC I'm using now. Yakumo
Hey Yakumo Let me know if you need any help. My specialty is computers. Specifically, my specialty is realizing something is wrong, opening up the PC, sourcing the wrong area for the problem, breaking that area, realizing that it had nothing to do with the problem, fixing the original problem, then buying new parts for whatever it was I broke getting to the original problem. I normally don't charge for this.
Get some of those blank things for the RAM, then see if it comes on. Also, after looking it up on Asus's website. If your Celeron 2.5ghz has: 400mhz FSB, L2 cache:128KB, then it will work. However, if your celeron 2.5ghz is 533mhz and has 512kb L2 cache, it will not work on that motherboard as the chipset does not support the Celeron-D series...
OK, madhatter256, thanks for that info. I'm not too sure what type of 2.5ghz celeron it is so I'll have to fine that out first. Yakumo
