First of all, let me say that this is my first post to this forum. For the purposes of troubleshooting, I'll say that this isn't my first PC build by far so hopefully I haven't made any "noob" mistakes.
With that said, the system I just put together for a spare system (to run SQL 2005 and IIS for my development work) will not POST. I just get a video post (old GeForce 5200 AGP) and then a pause, then black screen, and then reboot and repeat.
The specs of the new system (everything was JUST purchased) is:
ECS 865PE-A7 Motherboard (Supporting EM64T w/ the current BIOS revisions, unsure of which revision I have-- more on that in a bit)
Intel Retail Boxed 630 EM64T processor
2 x Corsair PC3200 512MB modules in DIMM slots 1 and 3
Old eVGA GeForce 5200 AGP
500W ATX PSU (Can't remember the brand)
At the moment, that is *all* thats in the system. I installed the motherboard, CPU, memory, video card, power supply, and tried to fire it up.
I am simply getting the symptoms I am describing. Now, I have a feeling that my problem is that I have an older BIOS revision which does NOT support EM64T. I have no way to verify this though.
I do not *think* that I made any other errors, however I do not know what behavior to expect on the newer more modern motherboards. On the old stuff, if the CPU wasn't installed correctly, you wouldn't even get so much as a video BIOS post. But this is my first LGA775 cpu install, and as far as I was aware, I followed the instructions to the letter. Straight in lined up with the notches, not at any angle. It seemed to go in with no problems. Installed the heatsink, popped in the RAM sticks and video card, and off I went.
Is it possible that I botched the CPU installation and that could be causing this?
Is it even possible that a system would fail to post because of lack of EM64T BIOS support?
Is there any way to fix this short of getting a cheap Celeron or something, just to update my BIOS?
Thanks for your time,
-Ryan
With that said, the system I just put together for a spare system (to run SQL 2005 and IIS for my development work) will not POST. I just get a video post (old GeForce 5200 AGP) and then a pause, then black screen, and then reboot and repeat.
The specs of the new system (everything was JUST purchased) is:
ECS 865PE-A7 Motherboard (Supporting EM64T w/ the current BIOS revisions, unsure of which revision I have-- more on that in a bit)
Intel Retail Boxed 630 EM64T processor
2 x Corsair PC3200 512MB modules in DIMM slots 1 and 3
Old eVGA GeForce 5200 AGP
500W ATX PSU (Can't remember the brand)
At the moment, that is *all* thats in the system. I installed the motherboard, CPU, memory, video card, power supply, and tried to fire it up.
I am simply getting the symptoms I am describing. Now, I have a feeling that my problem is that I have an older BIOS revision which does NOT support EM64T. I have no way to verify this though.
I do not *think* that I made any other errors, however I do not know what behavior to expect on the newer more modern motherboards. On the old stuff, if the CPU wasn't installed correctly, you wouldn't even get so much as a video BIOS post. But this is my first LGA775 cpu install, and as far as I was aware, I followed the instructions to the letter. Straight in lined up with the notches, not at any angle. It seemed to go in with no problems. Installed the heatsink, popped in the RAM sticks and video card, and off I went.
Is it possible that I botched the CPU installation and that could be causing this?
Is it even possible that a system would fail to post because of lack of EM64T BIOS support?
Is there any way to fix this short of getting a cheap Celeron or something, just to update my BIOS?
Thanks for your time,
-Ryan