Just directly replaced my 3000+ chip with a dual core 4800+ - Boot/post problems :S

[themaidenmaniac]

Hi guys,

As the thread title really. When i power on, i get a the monitor button flashing & no post. I push the reset button, then magically, life! This happens every time, and although its only been in a day, its quite annoying.

Im not sure if i will need to adjust motherboard settings/voltages to cope with the new chip?

Thinking of updating the bios, or reinstalling the chipset drivers or whatever to cure it.

Some people i spoke to reckond it could be the PSU, but it is a brand new 500w scan one & i only run 2 pci cards on the board, thats it. No crazy graphics card- an old riva tnt 16mb.

Its worth noting, windows recognised the new hardware & installed all the dualcore stuff, drivers and that, but i think the problem lies in the actual bios settings for some reason.

Any thoughts lads?

Cheers

Kev

[streetster]

if there's a new bios update, try that... what make is your 500w PSU? maybe try reseting the cmos (with the jumper on the board) and see if that helps

[T3hGr8£st]

I have the same problem but it is not proc related.

I have a Dual DVI graphics card which my mobo doesnt support, so it doesn't give A/V signal until reset.

Maybe your mobo has a similar compatability issue but with your processor.

Try turning speakers on and turn pc on, don't reset and see if you hear windows boot up.

[skattrd]

Sounds like a bios flash is needed, my Gigabyte was flaky when I installed a 4800+ until I updated bios.

The bios should auto-detect voltage etc so there shouldn't need to be any changes there unless you want to o/c.

Check all the power connectors are firmly attached.
Updating chipset drivers won't do anything as they're nothing to do with post.

[Clunk]

Try resetting the cmos, could be as simple as that, failing that, its looking like you need a bios update