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Now my CPU doeswn't work in another board. I don't know if the board killed it or if it was the reason the board wouldn't boot. Got to get something else to plug int here and see what happens. This might cost me a million dollars.

IMHO, higher FSB and lower multiplier is usually more stable. Some higher multipliers will bring on frequent system hangs. Some simply won't boot. FYI - Intel FSB is validated with a +/- 5% on the chipset Vcore and Vtt volatges with chipset temps at 0C and 100C. I believe CPU's are same votages but ...

Ah, right, forgot the built in speaker...so then no, I am not getting any beeps at all. That has to be a clue to the problem

Thanks again guys - PCI card in a white pci slot, check. PCIe slot is black. - SATA drive plugged into a black sata port, check. Tried slots designated 0 and also 1. Power to drive is connected. - Beep codes...can't tell, since I don't have it in the case and only fans and power and plugged in. The ...

thnaks....I have 3 power supply connectors applied to the board. The big main power connector on there, its either 20 pins or 24, something like that. A 2x4 plug which is really adapted from a 2x2 on the PSU itself. And I have a 1x4 that is typically used on IDE drives and the like, but the board ha...

Hi Frosty, thanks for trying to help. Sincerely appreciate it... OK, I borrowed a PCI card that displays POST codes (not that I know what they all mean but I do know some of them). The CPU fan turns on, other fans turn on. POST card sows FF for a brief second, then goes dark...I power off, power bac...

I work in a lab building systems, so I thought grabbing a 975XBX2KR and throwing a E6600 Conroe in it would be child's play. Simple...plug it in, turn it on. I couldn't have been more wrong. Nothing I've tried has made any difference whatsoever. I've read for days about everyone else's problems hopi...

Hi, I'm Eric, I live in norcal, I have a job in tech r & d...actually, I build and test systems in a lab...but my home pc building skills are crap...I'm quite a bumbler. I found the forums URL in a post on another site. I explore/research a lot. I just spent K's of $ and can't boot my friggin bo...