Hi Everyone, I'm new here, but I know there is some experience with this board on the forum so I'm posting a plea for help! I wanted to do a cheap ITX build that will run a GFX card and be faster than Atom. Found this board on ebay: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00783647 And got some parts to fit it out. Power Adaptor for MINI 24 pin ATX http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130490786047&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT An ITX case w/200w PSU, Intel T7300 Core2Duo Mobile, DDR2 Sodimms. But I cant get the d*mn thing to boot. When I power up the CPU fan spins and nothing else. No video output to the vga, no beeps from the onboard speaker. Has any one had similar experience. I have tried two different moca-ar boards from the same seller, both do the same thing. I have also tried it with a Pentium Dual Core T3200, with the same result. Thanks for your help, Cyborg28
Solved courtesy of Confusis "The Pentium T3200 and Core2Duo 7300 are socket P where you need socket M cpus. Basically fully supported CPUs in the T7 line would be T7200,7400,7600" All I can say is F*cking Intel! Two cpus that are named in series, T7200 and T7300 and have an almost identical and totally interchangeable pin layout require two different and incompatible sockets. There is no logic in this!!!!
Socket M and Socket P have the same pinouts, but the FSBs on the chips are different and require different chipsets to run. Not intel's fault, more HP's vague compatibility list.
Oh it is Intel's fault. From ark.intel.com T7300 Package Specifications TJUNCTION 100°C Package Size 35mm x 35mm Processing Die Size 143 mm2 # of Processing Die Transistors 291 million Sockets Supported PBGA479, PPGA478 Halogen Free Options Available No T7200 Package Specifications TJUNCTION 100°C Package Size 35mm x 35mm Processing Die Size 143 mm2 # of Processing Die Transistors 291 million Sockets Supported PBGA479, PPGA478 Halogen Free Options Available No Looks like the same sockets to me! At least Hp says 479M, which is a clue if you know there is a socket M: HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Motherboard Specifications, MOCA-AR (Calcite) Figure 1: The MOCA-AR (Calcite) motherboard Motherboard description Manufacturer's motherboard name: Asus MOCA-AR HP/Compaq name: Calcite-GL8E Form Factor Mini-ITX: 17.3 cm (6.8 inches) x 17.0 cm (6.7 inches) Chipset Intel 945GT Front-side bus speed 533/667 MHz (processor dependent) Processor upgrade information Socket type: 479M Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades: Intel Core 2 Duo T7x00 (Merom) Intel Core 2 Duo T2x00 (Yonah) up to T2700 Intel Core Solo T1x00 (Yonah) Intel Celeron M 4x0
