The new CPU uses the AM2 slot, the old is 939...square peg, round hole. Not going to work, almost always best to replace mobo/cpu's together.
Mike On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:12 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 > > Windows XP SP3 > > Thanks in advance, > > Richard P. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
