I always replace motherboards and ram along with cpus, since they all tend to progress at about the same rate. I have no specific experience with these parts, but have you tried 'load failsafe defaults' in the bios?
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Richard P. <[email protected]> wrote: > I bought an AMD Athlon X2 5200 processor to upgrade my computer from > its original AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / 2.2 GHz, and went to install it > tonight but the computer won't boot up afterwards. All I get is a > single continuously repeating beep, several seconds apart with nothing > else happening. I've confirmed the installation procedure and I used > an anti-static strap during the entire procedure. I've put the > original processor back in and the computer works fine. Any ideas? > > Compaq Presario SR2032X: > > http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-compaq-presario-media/4507-3118_7-32103844.html?tag=mncol;rnav ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
