Wesley Lennon
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Dell 8200 CPU UPGRADE
Hi all, I have a (year old) Dell 8200 with an Intel Motherboard and a P-4 2.4 ghz w/533 FSB.
I have just purchased an Intel P-4 2.8ghz for 533 FSB, but when installed, the PC will not boot, on power-up, the system doesn't respond. Do I need to re-set the CMOS in order to get it to work?
I am well versed in PC technology, and this is the first Processor problem I have had, the chip works in another newer PC. I seem to be overlooking something, when I put the 2.4 back in, all is well. The Motherboard specs tell me that it will accept a 2.8!
Any Suggestions??
Thanks in advance!!
I have just purchased an Intel P-4 2.8ghz for 533 FSB, but when installed, the PC will not boot, on power-up, the system doesn't respond. Do I need to re-set the CMOS in order to get it to work?
I am well versed in PC technology, and this is the first Processor problem I have had, the chip works in another newer PC. I seem to be overlooking something, when I put the 2.4 back in, all is well. The Motherboard specs tell me that it will accept a 2.8!
Any Suggestions??
Thanks in advance!!
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Are you sure that the 2.8 is 533 & not 800?
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CPU settings are at default, the chipset is an 850E
FSB is 533 w/PC800 RDRAM (Rambus) 1 gb
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FSB is 533 w/PC800 RDRAM (Rambus) 1 gb
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Hi philby11, yes it is a 533ghz Processor (Boxed 2.8/533ghz)
chicagoan the BIOS is A09 and there are no diognostic led's neither on the back of the PC or on the Motherboard. Although Intel's site says the motherboard will accept a 2.8 processor if the chipset is 850E, but will not if it is an 850, I have doublechecked the chipset on the board, and it is the 850E. I did re-set the jumpers to clear CMOS settings, but still would not boot, so I could not get into BIOS with that chip installed.
The motherboard I used to test to see if it worked, was an Intel 875 PERL and it works fine on that board. I also ran SiSoft Sandra and it also reports an 850E chipset.
This one has me stumped!!
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chicagoan the BIOS is A09 and there are no diognostic led's neither on the back of the PC or on the Motherboard. Although Intel's site says the motherboard will accept a 2.8 processor if the chipset is 850E, but will not if it is an 850, I have doublechecked the chipset on the board, and it is the 850E. I did re-set the jumpers to clear CMOS settings, but still would not boot, so I could not get into BIOS with that chip installed.
The motherboard I used to test to see if it worked, was an Intel 875 PERL and it works fine on that board. I also ran SiSoft Sandra and it also reports an 850E chipset.
This one has me stumped!!
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Might be time to make a pot of coffee and call Dell
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Hi StealthMullet, yes it does revert back to full operation, but I tried it in a third PC and it still works. The only conclusion I can come to is, there has to be a problem with the board in the Dell, possibly because it is OEM for Dell.
For the price I paid for the Boxed 2.8, it is not returnable if the processors works (purchased on the Internet), so yesterday morning I bought an Intel 875PERL board locally that is returnalble if it is a no go, I rebuilt the PC with the 2.8 and it is working like a champ. So, I called my Son who has an older P-3 733 and put my old board and chip in his PC, so we both have an upgrade, and now I am upgradabe to all the way to Intel's best chip (P-3.20 HT Extreme w/L3 cache of 2mb).
I will have a Mod change the title to Dell 8200 CPU Upgrade, so this might help other Dell users, and have more points than I will use, I will split the points to all who posted your help here.
Thanks all,
W~
For the price I paid for the Boxed 2.8, it is not returnable if the processors works (purchased on the Internet), so yesterday morning I bought an Intel 875PERL board locally that is returnalble if it is a no go, I rebuilt the PC with the 2.8 and it is working like a champ. So, I called my Son who has an older P-3 733 and put my old board and chip in his PC, so we both have an upgrade, and now I am upgradabe to all the way to Intel's best chip (P-3.20 HT Extreme w/L3 cache of 2mb).
I will have a Mod change the title to Dell 8200 CPU Upgrade, so this might help other Dell users, and have more points than I will use, I will split the points to all who posted your help here.
Thanks all,
W~
Have fun with 'em...thanx...T
Try setting the CPU settings back to the setup default in the bios.