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jakeou812 · 06-22-2005, 08:22 AM

Hello everyone. I recently purchased a Pentium 4 3.2E prescott HT 800fsb 1mb cache, to replace a celeron 2.4 478.

Whenever I put the new chip in, I get absolutely nothing. No beeps, monitor doesn't activate. No BIOS introduction. Disk activity lights go on, and dvd drive light goes on.

I have an Asus p4s800 motherboard, that has the latest drivers. I have XP Home with service pack 2.

Do you have to completely re-format the hard drive and reset the BIOS before you even try with a new processor? It seems like I'd get something anyway. Sorry I'm such a newb, but I've managed to handle building my PC and all my other upgrades until this.

I'm going back to Fry's tommorow, but it's a long drive. Should I try to get my money back, a different chip, or a replacement of the same kind? Thanks for reading.

06-22-2005, 08:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
jakeou812 New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 4	Help with new CPU Hello everyone. I recently purchased a Pentium 4 3.2E prescott HT 800fsb 1mb cache, to replace a celeron 2.4 478. Whenever I put the new chip in, I get absolutely nothing. No beeps, monitor doesn't activate. No BIOS introduction. Disk activity lights go on, and dvd drive light goes on. I have an Asus p4s800 motherboard, that has the latest drivers. I have XP Home with service pack 2. Do you have to completely re-format the hard drive and reset the BIOS before you even try with a new processor? It seems like I'd get something anyway. Sorry I'm such a newb, but I've managed to handle building my PC and all my other upgrades until this. I'm going back to Fry's tommorow, but it's a long drive. Should I try to get my money back, a different chip, or a replacement of the same kind? Thanks for reading.