Does My Cpu Work At All...?

[apams]

Hi,

I just recently bought a CPU which is Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz...but i inserted it several times...nothing happens...i switch on the power and the fans start to run..but the Monitor shows nothing...except the green light which shows that my motherboard is working...is there anything wrong with my cpu or is it my motherboard...i hope there will be many suggestions...Thanks

Apams

[Cmptr-Gy-Dv]

what motherboard is it,

are you hooking up the 4pin 12volt line and the 24pin line on the motherboard,

[uethello]

did you put a heatsink on top of the cpu?

[apams]

my motherboard is A-Open MX46-533GN the pins i don't know much about it at all...here is one of my cpus photos i took...let me know if u need any more photos....Thanks...http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.p...3lvxdv&thumb=4

[Cmptr-Gy-Dv]

there is a 24pin socket on the motherboard for the power supply,

there will also be a little square 4pin socket right next to the CPU socket,

normaly it's white you need to have the power supply plugged in to that socket to,

[Detritus]

Originally Posted by uethello

did you put a heatsink on top of the cpu?

I think this is an important question as well. If you did put a heatsink on it did you plug the fan in? Is the fan spinning?

[apams]

as i said everything is working fine...the fans power supply is in....but there is nothing on the screen...the fans are all running....including my graphics card....i tried on my 2.40GHZ Cpu and its working....so that means there is something else i gotta do?

[elphoney]

since your mobo has a 2.40ghz maby the 3.00ghz cpu is the rong type or your board is only made for 2.40ghz.

[Xaotic]

The MB has a maximum FSB of 533Mhz. There are several different FSB speeds in the s478 CPUs, ranging from 400Mhz-533Mhz-800Mhz. Your MB will support 400 or 533 FSB processors. To identify which chip you have, clean the thermal media off of the heatspreader of the processor and there will be a line that looks somewhat like this "3.00Ghz/512/800/1.425V." The third number indicates the FSB. If it is 800, then it will not function with the chipset on that MB and replacement of the MB will be the only option to get it to function. You can also look up specifications by S-code. Google for the code stamped below the long string. It should look something like "SL6GS."

[batmeat]

Originally Posted by Xaotic

The MB has a maximum FSB of 533Mhz. There are several different FSB speeds in the s478 CPUs, ranging from 400Mhz-533Mhz-800Mhz. Your MB will support 400 or 533 FSB processors. To identify which chip you have, clean the thermal media off of the heatspreader of the processor and there will be a line that looks somewhat like this "3.00Ghz/512/800/1.425V." The third number indicates the FSB. If it is 800, then it will not function with the chipset on that MB and replacement of the MB will be the only option to get it to function. You can also look up specifications by S-code. Google for the code stamped below the long string. It should look something like "SL6GS."

This or you may need to update your bios to support the processor or even both.