First post, by gompertz
Hi All, long time lurker here that needs some advice.
I've been running a Pentium 133 in my FIC PA-2013 for some time, mostly to play Diablo and run old software for kicks. I've had a Pentium 233 MMX that I ordered off eBay sitting in a box for some time and finally decided to install it yesterday. The chip had a massive passive cooler heatsink that I had to pry off as it clashed with the motherboard capacitors. I didn't have to use too much force so don't believe I did any damage to the chip, however when I installed it (easy as cake with ZIF), and booted the system I didn't even so much as get a BIOS screen. Actually the VGA never even triggered the monitor out of sleep mode. I probably tried hard reboots 20-30 times. I swapped my chips back around to make sure I didn't fry the motherboard somehow, and everything booted fine again. I then double checked the voltage (2.8v), multiplier (3.5x), and bus speed (66x) jumpers were all correct and still no luck. I'm very sure I have the jumpers right, the manual isn't super clear, I know for sure the voltage jumper is correct. Is this just dead on arrival?? Is it normal to not even get so much as a VGA out of sleep mode with a dead CPU??
Any help for diagnosing is appreciated. It's not like I'm out a lot of money but don't really want to order another 233 if the problem is on my end!
FIC PA-2013 Mobo | 133 MHz Pentium | Acer Magic S20 | S3 Virge GX/DX | DELL 2017FP IPS Panel 4:3
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