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Chris Lobdell
I recently purchased the Via P4MA Pro mainboard and installed an Intel
2.0 Ghz Celeron processor in it. The mainboard comes with an
integrated ProSavage video card and also has a slot for an AGP video
card.
I installed the mainboard into a brand new chassis, attached the power
supply, the lines for the LEDs and the fans, the harddrive, the
floppy, etc. After I attached the monitor, I booted the machine up.
During the first boot, I did not have the heatsink attached properly.
The power supply engaged properly, the fan on the heat sink turned on
as did the other fans in the chassis. The LEDs on the front of the
panel lit up as well. However, the board did not appear to emit a
video signal. The monitor behaved as if it was not receiving any
signal. The machine did not perform a POST and the hard drive spun
once when its turned on and then idled. Suspecting that the BIOS was
configured to look for a card in the AGP slot and to not use the
onboard VGA card, I shut the machine down, reset the CMOS and booted
the machine again. This did not resolve the issue.
My question to the group: based on the information I have provided
above, is it possible that my new processor is hosed or is it more
likely to be a faulty mainboard?
I've scoured the newsgroups for others who share my symptoms but have
had little success. I called Via's tech support and was forwarded to
the general mailbox. I've tried calling them repeatedly and still
can't reach a human. Intel's tech support was a little more helpful
in that the technician discounted the possibility that I may have
fried my processor (remember, the heatsink was not on for the first
boot) since the thermal protection built in the chip should have shut
the chip down before I caused any damage.
Any suggestions anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated! I've
hit a wall as far as ideas are concerned.
Thanks,
Chris
2.0 Ghz Celeron processor in it. The mainboard comes with an
integrated ProSavage video card and also has a slot for an AGP video
card.
I installed the mainboard into a brand new chassis, attached the power
supply, the lines for the LEDs and the fans, the harddrive, the
floppy, etc. After I attached the monitor, I booted the machine up.
During the first boot, I did not have the heatsink attached properly.
The power supply engaged properly, the fan on the heat sink turned on
as did the other fans in the chassis. The LEDs on the front of the
panel lit up as well. However, the board did not appear to emit a
video signal. The monitor behaved as if it was not receiving any
signal. The machine did not perform a POST and the hard drive spun
once when its turned on and then idled. Suspecting that the BIOS was
configured to look for a card in the AGP slot and to not use the
onboard VGA card, I shut the machine down, reset the CMOS and booted
the machine again. This did not resolve the issue.
My question to the group: based on the information I have provided
above, is it possible that my new processor is hosed or is it more
likely to be a faulty mainboard?
I've scoured the newsgroups for others who share my symptoms but have
had little success. I called Via's tech support and was forwarded to
the general mailbox. I've tried calling them repeatedly and still
can't reach a human. Intel's tech support was a little more helpful
in that the technician discounted the possibility that I may have
fried my processor (remember, the heatsink was not on for the first
boot) since the thermal protection built in the chip should have shut
the chip down before I caused any damage.
Any suggestions anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated! I've
hit a wall as far as ideas are concerned.
Thanks,
Chris