enitalp

Hello.

Just installed my Pentium M 1.76ghz on my brand new MB896 motherboard.

On first power on the cpu fan turn on, but the hard drive did not turn on, nothing on screen. Only way to shutdown was to unplug the power.

If i remove the ide cable the hard drive spin.

Checked the voltage to be at 1.5v, tried FSB at 533 & 400mhz.

I'm at home with a regular power supplies. Tested on another computer as well as the HD and the ram.

Any idea ?
Thx.

2k1Toaster

Do you get any beeps or anything? I've had this happen on a couple of older systems and it was because the CPU was incompatable with the motherboard. Like the mobo needed 512Kb of cache instead of 1Mb or more. If the harddrive doesn't spin up with the IDE connected, it is probably because the mobo's POST hasn't told it to spin up yet.

I would check that the board accepts the CPU.

What you describe is classic of not having a usable clock. It does its first cycle, but no clock so it can't do anything else, it just waits for the signal that it is time to go to the next step, which it never gets.

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DeltaFX

Try clearing CMOS.

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enitalp

I don't have any speaker, so don't know for the beep.

In the documentation it says it accept pentium M or celeron M up to 2.26ghz. So mine would fit.

Thanks.

Yeah i will try cmos clear, and reinsert cpu, and kill a goat.