Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
3 Posts
0
8593
May 28th, 2013 16:00
dimension 2400 cpu upgrade problems
trying to upgrade cpu from celeron 2.4 to pentium 4 3.06. see this upgrade works all the time on the net! when the p4 is installed, it shows up in BIOS, but when bios is exited windows xp will not boot and goes to black screen. tried isolating cd drive in bios to do clean install, but once again after the "hit any key to run cd drive" nothing but black screen. all these options work fine when the celeron is reinstalled. tried cmos battery also, no help. could cpu show up in bios and still be bad? dont know what im missing.
dimension 2400
2.4 celeron
2G ram
nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
40G HD
osprey4
4 Operator
•
34.2K Posts
0
May 28th, 2013 17:00
Hi jlabolle,
Is the CPU designation SL6PG? If not, what is it?
jlabolle
3 Posts
0
May 28th, 2013 18:00
yes, SL6PG. also, i have the most recent version of BIOS, a05.
osprey4
4 Operator
•
34.2K Posts
0
May 29th, 2013 13:00
Ok, please check your four diagnostic lights on the back and let me know if you see anything other than four green lights? Do you get any beeps?
jlabolle
3 Posts
0
May 29th, 2013 19:00
lights are gggg. no beeps.
osprey4
4 Operator
•
34.2K Posts
0
May 30th, 2013 11:00
I think the CPU must be bad. Sorry but I don't have more ideas.