`No Signal` after CPU Upgrade

Read so many topics and so many other websites, but no solutions found thus far...

"Solutions" i tried: resetting cmos, holding on/off button for 30secs, unplugging everything except the memory banks and cpu, etc etc...

Have a ABIT FATAL1TY F/190HD Motherboard

Had a CPU Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.8 Ghz and wanted it to upgrade to
CPU Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.9 Ghz

Everything in it's right place, pulled of nearly everything except for the membanks and the HD, but with the new CPU in, NO SIGNAL or whatsoever... can't access the BIOS to change the CPU settings.. No beeps.. nuthing...

With the older CPU back in, I can access the CMOS / BIOS and change everything I want...

The MoBo should handle the CPU without any problems.

New CPU is http://www.allmicro.nl/search/resul...chAfter/true/process/boxSearch/keywords/e6700

Please can someone tell me what to do. Working on this all weekend, and drives me completely insane.

 

Greetings, hollyhock.

Make sure none of the processor pins are bent. Is the heatsink fan running, and, if so, is it blowing air away from the processor?

 

no pins bent, there are no pins it's a socket775

all fans are correctly running.

 

No pins?

 

oh on the mobo you mean... no everything is fine there also, all in good shape.

 

That ain't good - if the old proc works, and the new one don't, you do the math.

Is this a retail boxed set, with the heatsink/fan already attached, or is it a bare processor?

And, most importantly: is it still under warranty?

One thing you might try: install the old processor, go into BIOS and set the bus and multipliers (if possible) for the new processor, shut down, switch chips, and power up - it's a long shot.

 

yeah thought of that as well, but dontknow what exact numbers to put in there, so a little bit afraid to do that..

if my mathskills are any good, i think the thing is broken...

it's boxed, bought it over a week a go. they always are a little difficult in taking back things that they cannot sell in the shop anymore: seal is broken, package has been opened, grey dust on the processor of the thermalpaste etc etc...

have send them an email now, which i hope they will respond to. otherwise I ask them to give me a small case and mobo that is working, with this cpu on it. i'll attach the HD to it then... something like that, but i also think this thing is ehhhhhhhhmmm broken

 

Yeah, I hate working with shops that don't back up their gear. I believe an RMA is your best bet, though, especially if your BIOS has auto processor detection (which is likely) - it should have fired up the new chip, no problem.

Maybe some of the gurus here will come up with something - I'm drawing a blank. Good luck, and keep us posted. :major

 

Appears you bought a CPU that your motherboard doesn't support

http://www.abit.com.tw/cpu-support-list/intel/intel-p-dual-core.htm

Rule of thumb. If it fits it doesn't necessarily mean it will work.

 

Weird: in this Abit test report, the E6700 is listed in the 'Core 2 Duo' section.