Thanks guys! Celeron 800@1066Mhz 1.85 Vcore 133 FSB

[CrystalMethod]

Guys, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your responses to my previous post. It wasn't anything you suggested, but it got me back to thinking things through step by step. Especially Batboy's post. Got me thinking about all the stupid little stuff I should never have overlooked in the first place. It was like banging my head against a brick wall till you guys posted.

PS.: feel free to come up here anytime and give me a smack upside the head for not checking for defective hardware in the first place...

[William]

thank YOU for giving us this wonderful follow up post telling us what was going wrong. How come it is always the stupid and simple stuff that is the cause of our problem? I like Wild_Andy_C's picture, perfectly explains the reaction!

[Lancelot]

Congrats crystal! My Abit mobo won't bootup at all with 133FSB, and at 135 (1080) she can be stable for days before sh*t does hit the fan, so I lowered it to 125Mhz for now...

[batboy]

I think most of us have "been there and done that" at one time or another. Troubleshooting is tough enough when you're sitting in front of the machine, but all we can do on the forum is offer advice on what to try that you might of overlooked. Once you get into the mindset of "I know this is not the problem" you're in trouble. You have to try everything and test everything. Sometimes more than once. I was building a machine for a friend a few months ago. I got everything installed and went to power up... nothing... no power... not even any beeps. I went back and checked everything, but all seemed ok. I checked the power supply connection on the motherboard to see if it was loose, but it seemed fine. I just knew the connection was ok, so I decided it was a power supply problem. After wasting an entire day trouble shooting and trying stuff, I finally unplugged the motherboard power supply and bench tested the power supply using instructions I downloaded off the internet. It tested perfect. Plugged it back in one more time convince it was a faulty motherboard. Lo and behold it worked. It was just a loose connection the whole time. The moral of the story, try everything and keep trying everything numerous times. Take the components one at a time and try it in another know working machine if possible. Each time you successfully work through a problem you gain confidence and knowledge. Now let's go out and fix those blankity-blank computers...