First post, by ncmark
Ok this is strange.
I got a CUBX motherboard that came with a 533 Celeron. Everything works.
I ordered a "new" CPU - a P3/850. It does NOTHING with the P3 in place - not even any beeps from the speaker.
This is where it gets strange. I put in a 633 celeron that I had. It is detecting it as a 5.5 X multiplier and running it on a 100-MHx bus.
I *think* I know what is going on here - it is having a hard time with the high multiplier. The manual settings on he board only go up to 8.0 and of course Intel chips are locked.
Could the multiplier be keeping the P3/850 from working??? Or is it more likely the chip is bad???