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clubsport911
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March 4th, 2009 14:00
Crisis moment CPU Upgrade Dimension 2400 - help !
Good evening. I hope you can help.
My trusty old Dimension 2400 has 2gb of RAM, a 256mb PCI graphics card and has worked faultlessley since the day I bought it. :emotion-2:
However, seeing a faster CPU for sale on E-bay couldn't resist:-:emotion-15: 3.06 / 512 / 533fsb 478 pin SL6PG. The intel spec sheet shows almost identical Vdd between my 2.66ghz chip and this one, so assumed it would just drop in and work.
I was wrong... :emotion-6:
When fitted, I got a little bit ofo whirring (the video card fan ?) but the HDD failed to spin up.:emotion-3:
I replaced my old chip and the PC worked fine
I've scoured the interweb and it seems that all should work well, so I'm bound to assume that CPU is naff ? Am I missing something ? Is the A05 Bios installed on my dimension up to the job of supporting this chip ? Do I need to move some jumpers ? Download some software ?
Many thanks - I know my PC is old, but any help would be gratefully recieved
shesagordie
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Posted March 4th, 2009 15:00
clubsport911
The Pentium 4 3.06 GHz [SL6PG] processor should be compatible with 2400.
Sounds like you have a bad unit.
Bev.
clubsport911
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Posted March 4th, 2009 15:00
Thanks for the suggestions.
As I understand, you are suggestion that the NV Ram cell is that flat battery thingy I can see on the MOBO ?
What is the function of this related to the operation of the CPU ?
Is the removal / wait process "normal proceedure" or just a suggestion backed up by experience ?
FYI - I added the CPU to a cold machine
Rgds
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Posted March 4th, 2009 15:00
Diagnostic LEDs? The only LED I noticed was green - steady. Is this correct ?
Rgds
There are four diagnostic LEDs on the back of the case. Sometimes the sequence of green/yellow/off can give a clue as to what is wrong.
The NVRAM back-up cell is a coin shaped battery at the lower front corner of the motherboard. In addition to holding the BIOS settings, the NVRAM stores a configuration of the computer's devices. I admit it is a long shot, but resetting the NVRAM will usually cause the computer to re-detect all the devices. If the processor is good, it might get it to work. I'm afraid I agree with shesagordie, though, the processor is most likely dead.
jackshack
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Posted March 4th, 2009 14:00
Diagnostic LEDs? If removing the NVRAM back-up cell for a few minutes to perform a reset doesn't help, I would have to say that the CPU is either bad, or incompatible with the motherboard.