I purchased a motherboard to fix an old computer. I tried to install a pentium 3 coppermine 600 but no response
(hard drive spins, no beep, fans power)
it did work with one of 4 p3 katmai 500s but required a bios update in order to pass the bios setup
I created a bootable disk with an ibm program which autmoatically executed in the bios setup because of an ibm software (update to v31a)
the flash program loaded but gave me a error "Not enough memory"
there is 256mb pc100 (i think) installed, 20gb hd, radeon 7500 agp
there are two switchboard labeled sw1 and sw2, the first with 4 and the second with 8 switches, all set to off
it is a slot 1 motherboard (possibly micro atx) FRU 61H22470
can anyone help get the coppermine to work with the motherboard?
or at least the bios update to work?
I am relatively new to working with computers so I may not be familiar with some terms you might use in your response.
Thanks!
David

I think the problem is that Katmai Pentium 3 use 2.00v and the coppermine series use between 1.6-1.7v and the 600Mhz you bought could be 133Mhz FSB and your PC100 can't run at 133Mhz if its not 7.5ns.. But the most important of all, what motherboard did you bought? Did you just bought a new CPU for that system or you bought a new motherboard with it?

TMP-Man

Asus P5P800-SE
P4 506 @ 4100Mhz 1.525v
Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 2000RPM FAN + AS5
1GB Corsair 2-3-3-5 DDR400
40GB 5400RPM/120GB 7200RPM HD
Radoen 9500 mod 9700 @ 375/600 CHS+RHS

Thank you for your response TMP-Man

I was kinda stupid, I bought both the cpu and the motherboard. The motherboard is the ibm 300gl motherboard. I dont know how to change motherboard voltage but I thought the slot would adjust that. I am pretty new to working with computers.