The current CPU is an AMD Atlhon so I would doubt any Intel would fit? I really am not into PC building so I don't know.
Guessing that Peter is right and the board is bad, which fried the CPU. There was some dust on the heat sink but I don't think enough for that to be the cause, and the heat sink fan works. As Curt said, this is a POS computer constructed of whatever commodity components were cheapest that week. It's not worth it to me to put a lot of effort into reviving it. I have a P4 complete computer on a shelf in the basement, I was going to just swap his hard drive into it and let him use that as a temporary but it doesn't have a SATA hard drive connection. Allan On Tue, Jan 3, 2012, at 07:35 AM, Gerry Archer wrote: > I have a spare Pentium4 1.6gig/256/400/1.75v SL5VU I replace it with a > Celeron 2.4gig/128/400/1.75v SL6VU You can have it to test your board > if it will fit. Gerry > > --------------------------------------- > From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > > > > That would only be the DVD drive, on this computer. > > > > So assuming bad caps on the motherboard and a cooked or nearly > > cooked CPU, there's really nothing more worth doing here, the way I > > see it. Get a new board and CPU, swap the drives and RAM? > > > > I can probably pick up a surplus 3-year-old Dell at the university > > for cheap. Probably better than the compaq he has, since they buy > > from the enterprise division of Dell. > > > > Allan > > > > > > Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> writes: > > > >> Probably bad capacitors on the MB, allowing the CPU power supply to > >> cook the processor. A new processor will only last until it gets > >> cooked, too. > >> > >> You can try unplugging everything but the MB and hard drive, too. > >> > >> Peter On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > >> > >>> Ugh. Well I picked up a new power supply today, installed it, and > >>> now the original symptoms have returned. All fans on, no video. > >>> > >>> I even tried switching the power supply with my wife's computer > >>> again, just to rule out the off chance that I got a bad one out of > >>> the box. > >>> > >>> So it seems that the power supply was a false cause. Something > >>> else, somewhat intermittent since it did boot up OK last night, is > >>> going on. > >>> > >>> I tried reseating the CPU and that made no difference. > >>> > >>> Allan > >>> > >>> Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> writes: > >>> > >>>> Yep, good guess. I swapped in the power supply from my wife's > >>>> computer (hey, it's HER dad, right?) and his computer booted up > >>>> just fine. > >>>> > >>>> I'll pick up a new power supply for him tomorrow. > >>>> > >>>> Allan > >>>> > >>>> Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> writes: > >>>> > >>>>> Fans are 12V, not 5V, and for whatever reason, improper voltage > >>>>> or excessive ripple current on the 5V line will prevent the CPU > >>>>> from working. Can also play merry h..l with the logic board > >>>>> itself, leading to failure to initiate video, read drives, etc. > >>>>> > >>>>> The fans will run fine at 10V or 14V, the processor will NOT run > >>>>> way outside the specs. > >>>>> > >>>>> Peter > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Jan 1, 2012, at 4:24 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> writes: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Check the fan in the power supply. However, once they go > >>>>>>> sprong, usually the 5V line in the PS is flaky and it won't > >>>>>>> boot because the processor voltage is too low. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Power supply fan is working. 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