I thought I did a simple thing for a friend

[Mr_Cat_Poop]

I replaced an Intell pentium I cpu 75 mhz with an Intell pentium cpu 166 mhz...

nothing happens when I power up except a black screen.
this was on a NEC Ready 7022 tower type computer...

what didn't I do right?

 

[~Candy~]

Are you sure you've inserted it tightly?

 

[Lurker1]

It should work if the motherboard supports it. You will need to change the basic clock speed to 66 and the multiplyer to 2.5

 

[Rockn]

If the new CPU has MMX you need to add a VRM if your motherboard doesn't have the required voltage. follow what Lurker1 posted and it should come up fine.

 

[Mr_Cat_Poop]

i will try to do those things...
later...
mcpoop

 

[sdp3501]

HAHA what a funny user name!! lMAO!!

 

[Mr_Cat_Poop]

i took your advice guys and the machine is working at the new speed, however i also installed a Modem Blaster v92 pci

i cant get it to work

when the pc powers on at the end of the info screen it says:

3F8h COM address conflict

any ideas to what is wrong?

mcpoop

 

[~Candy~]

The easiest thing to try first is to move it to a different PCI slot, if that is an option.

 

[Mr_Cat_Poop]

I did try that already...moving to a new slot...no dice

 

[RonK]

Go into bios and disable com 2. That will eliminate the address conflict.

 

[Lurker1]

Hi again

Actually 3F8 is the com1 port. If you are not using the com1 port for a mouse (serial connection) go into the system bios and turn it off.