[ale] [OT] Gigabyte 6VTXE MB and Celeron 1.2Ghz won't play :-(

[Dow Hurst]

If the CPU fan speed is too slow some motherboards won't boot.
Dow


Joe wrote:

>"James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> writes:
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>>If that board uses a VIA chipset, pull the ram out and try booting. It
>>should beep and grip then. If so, the ram is the incorrect type for the
>>board. I recently ran into the same problem with a different board but a
>>Via chipset. It was very picky about the ram it would take. I gave up
>>and vowed to never piece another Via board together.
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>That was the second thing I tried (after yanking the video card) :-)
>No joy. It is a VIA board. Anyway, I've RMA'd this doggy and ordered
>another board and processor combo (integrated by the vendor, so as to
>remove the fumble-finger-factor -- mine, that is).
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- Joe Knapka
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