Posts by philyau

is there any way of testing the cpu to see if it is duff? I dont think i know many ppl with a PM laptop or would allow me to open it to test my cpu. if my memory is working then it cant be may mem can it? even thou it is giving me the...

I got the cpu off ebay, he deals a lot with PM cpu's and others, he said he did test teh cpu before shipping but there is no indication of it (ie no heatsink paste). I just fired an email to hm now so heres hoping. I think is the...

the thing is the machine will boot, lights come sometmes goes to a blank screen with a cursor blink at top left or it will come up with the dell screen but goes to that memory error after. the memory works as tested with dell...

if the cpu was faulty would it still boot up/turn on? phil

Quote: Originally Posted by TheElement My best guess is that the new cpu is having trouble with the memory. Perhaps a memory upgrade would fix the problem. That's really the only thing that comes to mind at the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mikemex I did the banias to dothan swap on my lappy and i didn't had any problems. Are you sure the CPU is fine? i have no idea, thats why i am asking, as I have no way of...

my memory is 1gb pc2700 333ddr 2x512 tried with ram stick and still no joy. thanks for the quick reply. is it my cpu thou? phil

hello, I have a i8600 with a PM 1.5ghx banias. My i8600 is the old style with the serial/parallel ports at the back. I got a PM 1.8ghz dothan cpu the other day, and after installing it, it wouldnt boot up. I have the lastest bios...

hello, I have a i8600 with the parallel ports at teh back, so not the c model. it has a intel PM 1.5 binas cpu. when looking using sisoft sandra the packaging is : 479 pin H-PBGA FC-BGA2 now I want to upgrade the cpu so I was...

hey all, I have i8600, basically I configured the mouse touch pad to have scrolling on the right, it works, but when i select back and forward for the touch pad it doesnt work? anyone got any clues? phil