Athlon XP 3200 won't boot. Help please.

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I'm upgrading my parents computer from an Athlon XP 2000 to a 3200. The motherboard is a ECS N2U400-A (V1.0) running the latest bios version, I know it's not the best motherboard board but I'm pretty sure it supports the 3200. It's running 3 sticks of PC2100 memory (3x512mb's).

The problem is that when I put the processor it will not post at all. I've tried resetting the bios settings but that doesn't seem to have an affect. The motherboard still works fine when I put the 2000 back in.

I know that the AXP 3200 requires PC3200 ram but I figured it would at least post even thought it was running PC2100. Is this correct?
 
No CPU requires the highest rated speed of ram. However I'd take a look on the ECS website and look at the QVL. Link to board specs here. Try one stick of ram at a time to be sure. Populate additional sticks slowly and see if the system will at least post.
 
After messing with it a bit more last night, I've deemed that this proc is dead.
 
I've always cleared the CMOS (either by the jumper or pulling the battery). I've replaced processors where if you do not clear the CMOS, it will not boot/power-up.
 
If you got it from a reputable person, its the board that giving you problems. Take the battery out overnight with the 3200 installed-do not leave it plugged into the wall. After 1 day, power it up (still with the battery removed) and it should post.
 
gwarren007 said:
If you got it from a reputable person, its the board that giving you problems. Take the battery out overnight with the 3200 installed-do not leave it plugged into the wall. After 1 day, power it up (still with the battery removed) and it should post.
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I'm not sure I'd recommend powering up a mobo without the cmos battery and expect it to post... This would be an odd board... hrm...
 
paco16 said:
I'm not sure I'd recommend powering up a mobo without the cmos battery and expect it to post... This would be an odd board... hrm...
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all boards will post without a cmos battery.. they just wont post with a dead battery..


i would check if the board supports it.. ive had a few ECS boards and brand name boards that only supported up to the athlon xp 2700+.. and this might be the case for you..
 
only thing the battery is really for is to save your BIOS settings. It'll simply boot up with default settings.
 
It wouldn't even give me an error when I tried booting it with no memory.
 
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