Howdy.
I finally got 100% of my order for a custom system I'm building for an associate. The motherboard is a Mach Speed X-Caliber PT88AS Socket 478 and the processor is an Intel Celeron 340 2.93Ghz 533FSB Socket 478; the two were bought as a set on a popular online warehouse, so I'm assuming they're compatible (even though the motherboard says it's compatible with Pentium 4s).
Anyway, I finally got it put together, hit power, and it started to boot. Diagnostics came up to where I could start setting up the BIOS, and the keyboard wouldn't respond. Total time from power 'on' to here was about 10 seconds. I rebooted, and then there was nothing on the monitor. Hard Drive won't spin up. Speaker doesn't beep.
I've swapped power supplies, I've swapped motherboards. Ram is in good condition (two 512mb Ultra sticks). Vid card is in good condition. The processor doesn't even get lukewarm, leading me to believe the brand-new processor that I've had to f00k with since I ordered it FIVE weeks ago, is dead.
Is iI'm kicking myself now, but I didn't get a processor fan when I ordered the parts. Would that cause a Celeron 2.93gig to die in 10 seconds? Should I just go out and buy another processor from WorstBuy tomorrow (at 3x the price?) Or is the motherboard fried?
Any help would be appreciated. I can actually feel my hair turning gray as a result of this headache. Thanks
-aaron
I finally got 100% of my order for a custom system I'm building for an associate. The motherboard is a Mach Speed X-Caliber PT88AS Socket 478 and the processor is an Intel Celeron 340 2.93Ghz 533FSB Socket 478; the two were bought as a set on a popular online warehouse, so I'm assuming they're compatible (even though the motherboard says it's compatible with Pentium 4s).
Anyway, I finally got it put together, hit power, and it started to boot. Diagnostics came up to where I could start setting up the BIOS, and the keyboard wouldn't respond. Total time from power 'on' to here was about 10 seconds. I rebooted, and then there was nothing on the monitor. Hard Drive won't spin up. Speaker doesn't beep.
I've swapped power supplies, I've swapped motherboards. Ram is in good condition (two 512mb Ultra sticks). Vid card is in good condition. The processor doesn't even get lukewarm, leading me to believe the brand-new processor that I've had to f00k with since I ordered it FIVE weeks ago, is dead.
Is iI'm kicking myself now, but I didn't get a processor fan when I ordered the parts. Would that cause a Celeron 2.93gig to die in 10 seconds? Should I just go out and buy another processor from WorstBuy tomorrow (at 3x the price?) Or is the motherboard fried?
Any help would be appreciated. I can actually feel my hair turning gray as a result of this headache. Thanks
-aaron