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Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by Bios, Dec 6, 2004.

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  1. Bios Newcomer, in training

    Guys need some help from experts in here

    I used to be running on Athlon TB 1.4Ghz for more than 3 years and decided get a faster processor and tired of the noise so I bought a Pentium and got a new board and cpu. It's a Msi 661Fm2 with P4 3.0EGhz processor. The problem is that there's no post when I tried to boot!

    If I don't plug in the ATX 12v on the jpw1 on the board and boot, the psu fan and the heatink fan will be running but nothing on screen. If I plug in the ATX 12v and boot, both fans will run for 1-2secs and stop!

    I'm not sure what's the problem here. Could it be the ATX 12v connecter faulty? As I never used this connector when running on Athlon until now.

    I only installed the processor, heatsink/fan that comes with it with 1 stick of ram. I connect the monitor to the onboard vga. I have tried to re-seat the cpu and ram and tried another stick. I have even placed my board on a box just in case it's case short which I thought....

    My board supports up to 3.4EGhz, 266/333/400Mhz ddr. By the way, if the cpu is faulty, can the system still post? For this board, there's no light or D-led.

    P4 3.0EGhz
    Msi 661fm2
    420 watts psu
    266Mhz DDR ram

    FYI: I don't have a spare psu with me

    I hope someone can advised me asap and thanks
  2. jstillion Newcomer, in training

    I've noticed that there are two "types" of 12V connectors, older ones run at 12v, and newer ones running at higher voltage I think.

    Intel appears to have a 12V "Ver 1.x" rail standard and a 12v "Ver 2x" rail standard which is newer and guessuing require slightly more power or change.

    I would see if your mother board manual mentioned which one it needs.
  3. Bios Newcomer, in training

    I didn't know there are 2 types of 12v connectors old/new. I thought it's standard just 1 type. Well the manual didn't says which 1 it's stated like this.

    ATX 12V Power Connector: JPW1
    This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU.

    JPW1 Pin Definition
    PIN Signal
    1 GND
    2 GND
    3 12V
    4 12V

    Are you able to tell if it needs the old or new for this description?
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