i think ive messed up my cpu??!

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by tomzep, Nov 17, 2006.

  1. tomzep

    tomzep Geek Trainee

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    hi, hope you can help as im feeling quite desperate! i have an emachines 570 (not very good i know) so ive been upgrading, got a new graphics card 3 weeks ago and now bought a cpu

    Intel P4 3.0 S478 1MB 800FSB

    Intel P4 3.0 S478 1MB 800FSB OEM (SL7PM)
    plus a fan, i checked the pins and thought it would work. i can get it to fit in and it goes in smoothly but when i turn the pc on it comes on as if on standby and i can hear the fan but nothing...... just the orange standby light,

    hope you can help me, cheers
     
    tomzep, Nov 17, 2006
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  2. zeus

    zeus out of date

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    Does your motherboard support that cpu?

    Ive had a look on google for your motherboard but cant find any info. I cant even find out what the motherboard is called!

    Can you try and find out what the motherboard is called, or at least what chipset it has.

    PCWizard will help you.
    PC Wizard
     
    zeus, Nov 17, 2006
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  3. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    no emachines are pretty good (after a little tweaking)

    emachines have 2 problems
    • underpowered PSU's (which explains why your having problems)
    • dodgy power switches (from front of case to mobo, but not always)

    get a decent PSU like an Antec TP 2, please read B's PSU Sticky for recomendations for a good PSU

    please post your specs

    BTW: i have an emachine myself, and so do others on HWF, the reason emachines are good is because the're cheap and easy to make them v good
     
    donkey42, Nov 17, 2006
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  4. zeus

    zeus out of date

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    Yeah, ive still got my 633mhz Emachine. Its outlived everything else. The PSU didnt though!
     
    zeus, Nov 17, 2006
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  5. mut

    mut Geek Trainee

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    Why don't you look at the bottom of the old CPU and compare it with the new one. They should look similar.
     
    mut, Nov 26, 2006
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  6. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    I agree with 2 earlier points:

    -CPU not supported (for a variety of reasons)
    -PSU unable to sufficiently power added load of new parts
     
    Big B, Nov 26, 2006
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  7. Ghostman 1

    Ghostman 1 Mega Geek

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    Most eMachines are either a 478 socket or a socket A- 462 ...
    I must agree that they are pretty good after some fixing. There power supply
    Sucks along with there front push button switch. My main computer was a emachine until the power supply caught fire and blew up my mother board.
    Anyway in oder to change your processor,YOU better know your specks of your
    mother board. Was your old processor a Intel or AMD ? What was the speed?
    get back to us, and let us know..
     
    Ghostman 1, Nov 26, 2006
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  8. megamaced

    megamaced Geek Geek Geek!

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    I'll put my money on the Front Side Bus being incompatible. Chances are that your eMachines only supports 400/533 FSB.
     
    megamaced, Nov 28, 2006
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