Dead PIII?

[Insthink]

I just got this old pIII-500mhz, not a coppermine.

My mobo is a Asus P2B, showing support for that kind of CPU, no matter the revision number

When I put the 500mhz on the board, nothing posts, no beep, no nothing, just like when you got no CPU in, or a dead CPU. When I put back my old p2-300, it works fine.

the P3 is 500/512/100/2.0V SL35E
The ram on the board is 66mhz, I thought it was the ram crapping out cause they had to go to 100mhz to clock at the speed of the CPU, but then I remembered my board required jumper settings to make it run 100mhz fsb, so the board was still at 66fsb...

or am I wrong on something?

 

[dead_man311]

Did you try clearing the Cmos , when trying the 500Mhz ?

 

[Insthink]

not yet

should i? or wait till my 100mhz ready ram comes in?

 

[dead_man311]

you can try and see it if works

 

[Foxie3a]

a P3 can not run at 66mhz FSB.

 

[Insthink]

well, seems like either my ram cant run at 100 mhz (i think it used to be generic 66mhz) or my CPU still is dead cause the same thing happens when I changed the jumpers

gonna wait until my new ram comes in to test it again.

 

[dead_man311]

sorry wasnt much help , good luck with it. hope you get it working

trying to learn lil more about intel, most of what i know is AMD

 

[redface]

you need to clear cmos, disconnect other stuffs like ide to your harddisks and try again.

 

[Insthink]

still doesnt work, my mobo is a asus p2b rev 1002

 

[Insthink]

ok i tried everything, i got my mushkin rams, set everything so its 100mhz x 5, unplugged all PCI and IDE except video card, still does not post :|
am I missing something here?

 

[Lat]

maybe your mobo is dead

 

[Insthink]

no, cause if you read my original topic, I mention how my mobo can run fine on the p2-300

 

[redface]

make sure the cpu is functional