CPU

[synthjoe]

Blastin, did you ever put the original RAM back?

Should have been the first thing when it stopped working. Do as Crash wrote if not yet done!

[High C Double G]

Should have been the first thing when it stopped working. Do as Crash wrote if not yet done!

Actually the second thing, the first thing is almost always an expletive of some sort.

[synthjoe]

[Blastin]

I took the CPU to a local computer repair shop, and they told me the motherboard was BAD, and that he was looking for an old motherboard, they may fit the CPU units motherboard. Any suggestion on where to find a motherboard, (old), 133?

[synthjoe]

Will be very difficult to find a suitable replacement, and I seriously doubt that your motherboard is bad. Unless of course you've damaged it while performing the upgrade (screwdriver slipping and cutting traces, for example), but it would be hard to believe. The replacement will need to have the same chips and BIOS, not a simple matter of accepting a P55C model Pentium MMX CPU or not. See here.

Was the repair guy very specific about the problem? He should be, otherwise I doubt he even knows what he's talking about. If he was specific, for other's benefit please write down exactly what he said so that we can learn how D8B motherboards die... Try to find another repair shop and don't let your motherboard go at any price - hold on to it!

[Crash]

Motherboards can be found but they ain't cheap....

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PM9800-AMPTRON-S ... 414b729754

I have had a CPU have a MB failure but they are not common as Synthjoe says....

[High C Double G]

I was thinking about letting my "extra" CPU go, but looking at the price for that MB and knowing that I have a working MB, PS, video card... etc... I might re-think this. Fact is, I have had no troubles at all. Murphy's law (Sorry for anyone named Murphy, but you might be use to it ) says that as soon as I sell the damn thing I have a video card fail and what not and whatever.

But I also look at it this way, I got something sitting in a box for a "what if" and that money could be used for something else that is a lot more fun. like a haircut, a roller coaster ride, or oh I don't know a PB & J with extra J...

Yeah I know, I am not funny .

Michael
PS Rock ON!

[Blastin]

High C Double G, not trying to encourage you, but, if it's just lying around, SELL it, name a price, plus shipping to Cincinnati, Oh, and I'll gladly pay you via paypal or credit card. Let me know, I really could use the CPU.

[Blastin]

High C Double G, I think I found a CPU, so now, you can keep your spare, but, thanks for the thought.

[High C Double G]

I just got back here, are you sure you need a mother board or a whole CPU? Looking over this thread, there are other suggestions that might fix to your problem. I am not sure what is going on except you say the CPU is not communicating with the mixer.

I think it was asked, if you ever had it working? Was it ever working in your possession? If it was and it failed what were the symptoms. I might keep the CPU I might sell it I don't really know, but I would be bummed if you went through the trouble of a "new" CPU just to find it does the same thing. Anyway I hope you get it going.

I am curious if you ever seen it work. And really the RAM thing is a big one if you have replaced the RAM or not.

All my best,
Michael