hello i just installed a pentium 4 2.80Aghz processor into my custom built computer which had a celeron 2.0ghz processor and all i get is a black screen but when i put celeron back in everything works fine any help is much appreciated thanks in advance
possible that the motherboard(bios) might not be able to run that cpu. check motherboard site for newer bios than yours & see if there is a list of cpus for your board that cpu is on it or not
my board is a ecs p4vmm2 v7.3 and on www.ecs.com.tw it says in the box that says if it is compatiable or not it says test so what do you think that means thanks
Yeah, it might be compatible now but only with a BIOS update. You'll probably have to put your celly back in and flash the bios and then stick the P4 back in.
i'm running the ecs p4vxasd2+ with celeron 2.4 with 128kb cache, tried same celeron but with 256kb cache & same result as you, black screen & no newer bios since early 2003
according to ecs both of us should be able to upgrade cpu. try clearing cmos with new cpu in to see what happens if post or not
i cleared cmos with nerw cpu and nothing and when i installed celeron back in i booted computer and it went to the cmos setup page but on ecs it says that a 2.40a presscott under compatibilty yes and my new p4 is a presscott 2.80a and it says test thanks
