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Bad Processor ?

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by ladichaz Mar 23, 2003 last reply May 22, 2003

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How can you tell when the processor is any good? Everything worked except I changed the memory and installed a new hard drive. Then The monitor doesn't have a display, no keyboard lights, no beeps or sounds. No light on the A drive, the D drive light stays on, ejection doesn't work. All IDE cables are connected properley, the jumpers are set to Cable Select. (Also tried M/S as well). But I hear and see the fans working. I don't have much in the way of test equipment. Suggestions please? Thank you.

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by thechas Mar 23, 2003

Most likely, that your new memory is either not compatible with the old RAM module, or your motherboard.

Not all DIMM modules function in all motherboards.

Start by removing the new RAM, and disconnecting both cables from the new hard drive.
Does the system now boot?

If so, try just the new RAM.
If it now does not boot, you have RAM that is not compatible with your motherboard.

Next, re-connect the new hard drive.
Make sure that the jumpers on both drives on the same IDE cable are set correctly.
There are several options:
The boot (C:) drive must be set to master with slave present.
The second drive must be set to slave.

If your system does not boot, double check that the IDE cable is correctly oriented, and that no pins in the sockets are bent.

If your system did not boot when you removed the new hardware, check the following:

Bent pins in the DIMM socket where the new RAM was installed.

Remove and re-install the original DIMM, as it may have come loose.

Remove and re-seat your video card.

Another problem that you may have with the combination of the additional RAM and hard drive, is your power supply may not be big enough to run everything.

For systems with large amounts of RAM, and multiple drives, you need at least a 300 Watt power supply.

If my answer does not help correct the problem, please reject it, and add a comment with complete system details.
CPU,
Make and model of BOTH hard drives,
Type and size of ALL RAM modules,
Version of Windows.

Chas

by ladichaz May 22, 2003

After some individual checking on the drive then the mb, it was decided that the hd 120g maxtor was fine as it spun up and appears to be working. Changed the memory back to the 512 dimm sdram which previously worked. Still nothing on the monitor, and tried different monitors. I tried a new mb with the same drive new everything else but the same problem happening. No video. I installed Win2k on the old 10g quatum hd. But just tried to reformat and partition the new drive with no success. Neither drive showed any visibility on the monitor. Still very frustrated.
Thank you for advise tho. Sorry it didn't work.

by fred07 Mar 23, 2003

I agree with thechas and will add that out of 7 new hard drives, one was bad from the start and caused same problem. Also, the C: drive must be on the end of the ide cable and the D: or add on drive must be in the middle cable. The blue end or the end about 13 inches from first ide, goes to the MB and the othes end is your C: drive when using cable select with the middle the extra drive. You "auto boot" to C: unless otherwise set in bios. As thechas stated "set Master as C: and Slave as D:"