Incompatible CPU 2

[NickCat11]

I recently built my first custom desktop with an AOpen board and Intel Pentium 4 Chip. When everything was put together the cpu locked up right before it would load the CD Drive so I could install Windows. To make a long story short, the chip was incompatible with the board. The socket matched the board (LGA 775). The exact name of the chip is "Intel Pentium 4 630 800MHz FSB LGA 775 EM64T Processor", with 2 megs of L2 cache on board. I switched out with a different chip and everything worked fine. I thought as long as the socket type was the same the system should work. Is there something I am overlooking? Thanks in advance.

Nick

 

[cdogg]

What is the model of the board you have? What chip did you replace it with?

It should have worked from the sound of it.




~cdogg
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[NickCat11]

The board is the AOpen i865PEa-7IF Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 865PE ATX Intel Motherboard - I replaced the chip with a intel Pentium 4 530J 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor. Thanks in advance

Nick

 

[cdogg]

You should check the list of BIOS upgrades anytime you build or upgrade, even if the motherboard is brand-new out of the box. If you look at the list at the AOpen's site, you'll see that just in July they fixed a problem with recognizing Intel's P4 6XX CPU's.

http://download.aopen.com.tw/Defaul...Model=i865PEa-7IF&Language=English&WebSite=GL

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[paparazi]

NickCat11
Thats a real shame because the 2meg 600 series are quiet an improvement over the older 500's
Less heat, less power and improved performance if only slight.

Martin

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