I managed to remember I had a PC speaker so I attached that and get a "siren" type sound low/high repeating ?

Do you have any other electronics that might be able to pick up a signal? A led and a resistor of 1kOhm in series or something?

So looking this up it seems the beep code I am getting means bad CPU.

I believe the siren sound was bad voltages/temperatures/fan speeds on Award.

Is the temperature probe present on your board? Do you have any way of checking it?
Also what PSU are you using? Can you check its voltages on another board?

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-22, 16:32:

austinham wrote on 2020-05-22, 16:21:

removed the CPU and see if you get any beeps. My money is on a bad board however.

i dont have a PC speaker also the board was tested before shipping and the CPU was not so I am not sure.

Not everyone on ebay tells the truth or knows how to test old hardware and shipping damage dose happen.
If you have a multimeter or test light (like a led light) you can read the voltage output of the post speaker leads.

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-22, 17:22:

So looking this up it seems the beep code I am getting means bad CPU.

wouldn't that be high then low beep repeating? one long high beep would ether be fan failure or over heating cpu.

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-05-22, 17:37:

I believe the siren sound was bad voltages/temperatures/fan speeds on Award.

Is the temperature probe present on your board? Do you have any way of checking it?
Also what PSU are you using? Can you check its voltages on another board?

I have tried 3 different PSUs, a CIT 500w, Casecom 300W and aPC Power And Cooling 510 SLI

How would I access a temp probe if the machine will not POST at all ?

austinham wrote on 2020-05-22, 18:03:

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-22, 17:22:

So looking this up it seems the beep code I am getting means bad CPU.

wouldn't that be high then low beep repeating?

Sorry yes its a High/Low for sure.

With all this being said right now I am about 95% sure that the CPU is dead.

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-22, 18:04:

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-05-22, 17:37:

I believe the siren sound was bad voltages/temperatures/fan speeds on Award.

Is the temperature probe present on your board? Do you have any way of checking it?
Also what PSU are you using? Can you check its voltages on another board?

I have tried 3 different PSUs, a CIT 500w, Casecom 300W and aPC Power And Cooling 510 SLI

How would I access a temp probe if the machine will not POST at all ?

Unsolder, measure?

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-05-22, 18:15:

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-22, 18:04:

Doornkaat wrote on 2020-05-22, 17:37:

I believe the siren sound was bad voltages/temperatures/fan speeds on Award.

Is the temperature probe present on your board? Do you have any way of checking it?
Also what PSU are you using? Can you check its voltages on another board?

I have tried 3 different PSUs, a CIT 500w, Casecom 300W and aPC Power And Cooling 510 SLI

How would I access a temp probe if the machine will not POST at all ?

Unsolder, measure?

I do not have the setup to do this.

Try giving the edge connector a clean with white vinegar.

texterted wrote on 2020-05-22, 18:50:

Try giving the edge connector a clean with white vinegar.

I do have some contact cleaner I could try, but the edge and fingers look fine to me and not needing a clean.

Any 8 ohm speaker will do. PCs used these.

Cheers,

Since I now have to get a new CPU does anyone here have specific details on the part number and component I need to have on the Chaintech 6BTM to support Coppermine ?

Xs1nX wrote on 2020-05-23, 14:09:

Since I now have to get a new CPU does anyone here have specific details on the part number and component I need to have on the Chaintech 6BTM to support Coppermine ?

Anyone have an answer for this ?

6BTMO-x100A
x=

L / M / N version support only with HIP6004BCB ( U9 )

E / F / G / H / J / K version full support

From what I can find you officially need HIP6004BCB to support 1.7v core voltage instead of the HIP6004ACB that only can handle until 1.8v.

(If you can find a slotket for FCPGA that can also adjust the core voltage (so it has a regulator) then it doesn't matter much what board revision you have. But that's a different story)

evasive wrote on 2020-05-26, 05:57:

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6BTMO-x100A
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L / M / N version support only with HIP6004BCB ( U9 )

E / F / G / H / J / K version full support

From what I can find you officially need HIP6004BCB to support 1.7v core voltage instead of the HIP6004ACB that only can handle until 1.8v.

(If you can find a slotket for FCPGA that can also adjust the core voltage (so it has a regulator) then it doesn't matter much what board revision you have. But that's a different story)

Where is U9 on the board ?

Should be near the CPU slot, between the CPU and the ports of the board. Two coils, then 2 power transistors, then there an IC. If there is a totally different model on the chip, please post that one, I see some boards were made with a different model and brand of controller chip.

@evasive
One question, maybe a silly one but I'm trying to improve my understanding here.
His BIOS chip has a sticker that says [02/25/99] which is 8 months before the Coppermine was launched.
If he needs to upgrade his BIOS for Coppermine support (if that is at all possible) should he not begin with a Katmai cpu anyway ?

Slot 1 CPU fitting..

evasive wrote on 2020-05-26, 13:08:

Should be near the CPU slot, between the CPU and the ports of the board. Two coils, then 2 power transistors, then there an IC. If there is a totally different model on the chip, please post that one, I see some boards were made with a different model and brand of controller chip.

Saving myself those 1000 words 😀 (this is the official Chaintech image)

Might also be worth reading this post Re: Bios update failed on a chaintech 6btm, any helpers?