Motherboard Q

[Genocidicbunny]

my friend just gave me a motherboard that he thinks is fried but i just want to be sure its the motherboard and not the CPU or the RAm that are in it...Any way to do this without attaching all the other parts (such as HD's and CD-drives) and the video card because im worried that that might mess up some of the components that i would be attaching, and i dont think my PSU is 20-pin. It would be especially good if this didnt involve all sorts of electrical equipment and stuff...

 

[Speedo]

Without buying some specific tester (if one even exists)...

To see if it's completely fried or not, just give it power and turn it on. It should start screeching about not having a CPU or RAM. If it makes it that far the drop in the CPU and RAM and see how it goes.

and i dont think my PSU is 20-pin

Most PSUs are 20+4 rather than a single 24 pin, they're backwards compatible.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

see, its a P4 Mobo and it needs a 20+4 pin PSU, mine isnt even 20
But that doesnt matter now, my dad took it to the lab at work and will tell me whether or not it works tonite

 

[Speedo]

Unless you're using an ancient AT PSU, you have a 20 pin connector. If your PSU/comp was made in the last 2 years or so, you likely have the 4 pin +12V that it needs, which isn't the same as the 24/20+4 pin main connector in ATX v2.2

 

[Genocidicbunny]

its ancient, believe me. And my dad took the mobo to the lab. Its a P4 thats supposted to run at 1.3 ghz, it runs at 510 mhz when overclocked.

 

[IglooDame]

its ancient, believe me. And my dad took the mobo to the lab. Its a P4 thats supposted to run at 1.3 ghz, it runs at 510 mhz when overclocked.

Are you talking about the front-side bus? Because those go to 800MHz (unless there's some new ones I haven't heard about), a 533MHz front-side bus wouldn't be surprising.

 

[Speedo]

That would be one of the early Willamette P4s, which should have a 400mhz out of the box. I guess it might be possible to OC it to 510mhz, but that would be pushing things.

Are you talking about the front-side bus? Because those go to 800MHz (unless there's some new ones I haven't heard about), a 533MHz front-side bus wouldn't be surprising.

The high-end P4s (I have no idea which ones since their naming schemes are so screwed up now) have 1066mhz FSB. AMD64 CPUs don't have an actual FSB of course, but all of the modern models have a 1000mhz (effectively 2000mhz) HyperTransport bus.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

well, at least i didnt pay for it.