question:
How the @#$3$^@!^% does someone tell BEFORE if a CPU will work with a Shuttle SFF? Going by CPU specs on Shuttle's website clearly isn't enough.
http://www.shuttle.com/hq/support/faq/sff/sff.asp
back story:
I just got bit in the butt building a SFF for a friend who wanted it as low budget as I would spend and have confidence in the system.
So I ordered a Shuttle SB51G (Intel chipset), 512 Meg PC2700 Corsair memory, and.... the big mistake... a Celeron "D" 320. Now, that Celeron is rated at all the proper specs for that shuttle cube. But it won't work. No post, no beeps, just lights on and nada. Memory tested out as good.
Googling produced this:
http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.c ... SGDBTABLE=
So. How do I avoid this mistake (and having to eat the cost of this CPU from NewEgg) in the future? How do I know what freakin' GENERATION of CPU a cube will take? Just following the FSB and pinout specs aren't enough, obviously.
(And, conversely, how do I know what Shuttle SFF will take a Celeron "D" or other Prescot core processors?)
*sigh* Help? I do NOT want to make this mistake again.