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bobhoskins1

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Ok so I'm not that geeky when it comes to computer internals and I'm only playing about with an old system that was donated to me but it's still annoying me that I can't get it to work.

I have a circa 2001 machine with the following specs:

Mobo: MSI K7T266 Pro2 Ver 2.0
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+
GPU: nVidia GeForce 7600 GS
PSU: JeanTech 405W ATX

I was attempting to upgrade the CPU to an AMD Athlon XP 2600+, they're both Socket A/462, both have 266 MHz FSB, and from what I'd been told it should be just a case of swapping them over.

Have just tried that and when I turned on the machine with the 2600+ in, it ran for a moment then died. Nothing displayed on screen and no beeping. I tried to boot again, but now just get fans running and computer doesn't appear to POST.

I've tried swapping back to the 1800+ but get the same result. I would suggest I've fried either the CPU or Mobo.

Any suggestions very welcome

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I told you this in your other thread.

(From MSI the fastest processor it supports is a XP Athlon 1900+)

With the old processor in it try resetting the bios.
 
You probably did fry the motherboard, or shorted it some where and have killed the power supply. It usually pays to kill the power to it before working on it to.
 
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