2466 problem

External Since: Aug 20, 2003 Posts: 7

All,

Back in February, I got a 2466-4M to replace a dying 1836GX. At the
time, I could only afford 1 MP 2000+, so I installed that and it's been
working smoothly ever since. Recently, I got the funds to add a second
MP 2000+, and I started installing it yesterday. After minor fighting
with the heatsink, I got it locked on and hooked up, then hit the power
switch. Fans spin, drives spin, LEDs light up, but there's no sign of
boot activity: nothing appears on the monitor, there's no checking of the
floppy, etc. So I take it apart and try again. Same thing. Removing the
new CPU entirely, everything goes back to normal: system boots and all is
well. Any ideas (other than a bad CPU, that one I've got myself)?

Scott

External Since: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 2

at wrote:

> Back in February, I got a 2466-4M to replace a dying 1836GX. At the
> time, I could only afford 1 MP 2000+, so I installed that and it's been
> working smoothly ever since. Recently, I got the funds to add a second
> MP 2000+, and I started installing it yesterday. After minor fighting
> with the heatsink, I got it locked on and hooked up, then hit the power
> switch. Fans spin, drives spin, LEDs light up, but there's no sign of
> boot activity: nothing appears on the monitor, there's no checking of the
> floppy, etc. So I take it apart and try again. Same thing. Removing the
> new CPU entirely, everything goes back to normal: system boots and all is
> well. Any ideas (other than a bad CPU, that one I've got myself)?

Have you tried resetting the CMOS? When I first assembled my
2466-4M based machine, it would behave just as you're describing.
After resetting the CMOS according to the manual's instructions,
my machine booted right up.

Hope this helps,
Christopher Golden
chrisgolden2001.DeleteThis@yahoo.com