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Is my CPU burnt, or what is the matter?
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matty8887
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7. July 2004 @ 02:29 |
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Lots of different things that could be broken. It would probably be so simple if we had it physically. I would suggest buying something like a 6gb hdd cause they will be very cheap and you can try it on your pc to see if it is the hard drive. I think it might be your motherboard, parts may be fried on it, and your hdd might be partially damaged thats why it reads but wont format or anything. Anyhow i think you may end up spending a bit of money, but only buy 1 part at a time to solve which parts aint working. Hope you get it working soon.
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Praetor
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7. July 2004 @ 08:15 |
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It would probably be so simple if we had it physically.
Better yet either get into contact with a computer savvy friend or take it to one of them small computer stores ... they can check out which parts need to be replaced -- just dont tell them what you've done otherwise they'll try and sell you a whole new computer! :D
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hodab
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7. July 2004 @ 08:26 |
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I've bought a motherboard and now I'm installing it. I bought ASUS A7V8X-X
P4 R 2.8 GH, two processors
512 Mb RAM
160 GB HDD
256 MB ATI
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Praetor
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7. July 2004 @ 09:13 |
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Awesome! Good call, excellent no-frills mobo (I've got one running an XP2800 at home). If you need/want suggestions on good, budget-oriented parts have a look at http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/93097
Just remember when you're dealing with hardware to do so when the machine is off! :D
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matty8887
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7. July 2004 @ 09:21 |
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when installing your motherboard it is best to wear a grounded wriststrap beacuse of static electricity. Or just try not to touch anything but the outer edges of the motherbaord or you could give a charge to your new motherboard.
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Praetor
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7. July 2004 @ 10:37 |
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Or you can just discharge yourself with the case and not to move your feet (much) when installing
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hodab
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7. July 2004 @ 11:23 |
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Help, Help! I installed the new motherboard. I connected the powersupply cable, installed the CPU and its fan and heatsink, seated the RAMs connected the hard disk and CD Rom on one cable to PRI IDE, put the vd card, and fitted some of the connectors not all of them. I fitted these connectors: IDE LED, PWR, Power LED and reset. What more should I fit in? the catalogue says that this mobo should have ATX power supply. I have a CE 400W model: LPK2-30. Is it ATX? OK, after these all, I turned un the the computer, and it started. first the CPU started, and I saw no sign of power supply's fan working.after a very short while, max 4 or 5 seconds, it turned off automatically. what is happening?
P4 R 2.8 GH, two processors
512 Mb RAM
160 GB HDD
256 MB ATI
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hodab
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7. July 2004 @ 11:37 |
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By connectors I meant system panel connectors
P4 R 2.8 GH, two processors
512 Mb RAM
160 GB HDD
256 MB ATI
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matty8887
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7. July 2004 @ 12:38 |
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Did the fan work when it was in your other one. BTW you should connect your cd rom to ide2 not the same channel as your hdd. Your psu could be fried.
What do you think praetor.
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Praetor
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7. July 2004 @ 12:48 |
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I fitted these connectors: IDE LED, PWR, Power LED and reset. What more should I fit in?
If you want to, the speaker (thats the big one with 3 or 4 connectors) .. not neccesary but kinda useful sometimes
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catalogue says that this mobo should have ATX power supply. I have a CE 400W model: LPK2-30. Is it ATX?
No idea but I would be very surprised if it wasnt. Does the big huge 24-pin plug (the one with the massive plastic head and the clip looking thing on it), does that look like it will fit the massive plug on the mobo? (not sure if its 24 pin... im going off memory)
1. Dont connect your harddrive
2. Dont connect your ram
3. DO connect the CPU, Heatsink (with thermalgrease) and FAN
4. Power up: take it slow and we'll figure it out. First and foremost, do the fans power up? If yes then we'll go from there
5. I sent you a PM, have a look and lemme know.
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hodab
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7. July 2004 @ 14:44 |
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Well, I changed the PSU, and replaced it with the older computer's PSU, which is a ATX 235W. I connected it and it worked, no shuting off. I started installing windows, and everything went well and in order. Just one thing makes me worried: the CPU (actually the heatsink) seems to become hot. I don't know how much hot is normal.
I'm thinking of changing the present 235w PSU, to a 300w one. what do you think? I'm now writing from my newer computer with the new mobo. Thank you really for all the help.
P4 R 2.8 GH, two processors
512 Mb RAM
160 GB HDD
256 MB ATI
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Praetor
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7. July 2004 @ 16:55 |
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I'd use a 350/400 PSU or bigger. This way you can "carry it on" when you upgrade in the future or something.
As for heat, gonna need some actual temperatures before I can commment. In the BIOS there should be a tab called "Hardware Monitor", what do the temperatures read (it might not be a tab but an entry on one of the "pages" i cant remember)
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matty8887
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8. July 2004 @ 02:07 |
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Did you use thermal paste in between the cpu and heatsink? If not then you will have to as this will cause a lot of heat to be gone.
I would also use a 400w psu cause if you upgrade in the furure you may need more power to give.
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hodab
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8. July 2004 @ 03:21 |
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1) The over shut down temperature is: 95 Centigrade
2) This is the information from Hardware Monitor:
MB temp.:37 centigrade
CPU temp.:56 centigrade (I'm sure it was higher last night)
CPU fan speed: 2311 RPM
Vcore Voltage: 1.73 V
+3.3V Voltage: 3.37 V
+5V voltage: 4.91 V
+12V voltage: 12.54 V
3) Last night when for the first time I turned on the computer after installing the new mobo, when asked to specify the speed of CPU, I specified 1667 MH for my AMD Athlon xp2000+. Is it correct?
4) No, I havn't used a "new" thermal paste. The CPU had signs of some previous paste and didn't add anything new. So maybe it's better to buy some paste for it.
P4 R 2.8 GH, two processors
512 Mb RAM
160 GB HDD
256 MB ATI
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matty8887
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8. July 2004 @ 04:12 |
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The temperature seems a little high, is that temperature when its idle or after you have done something on your pc. If its idle then that is high. You are not suppose to use the same thermal paste as before, you must clean all of it off the cpu carefully and apply some other paste. This might solve your problem.
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Praetor
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8. July 2004 @ 09:35 |
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The temperature seems a little high, is that temperature when its idle or after you have done something on your pc. If its idle then that is high.
Depends on the ambient temperature and what fan (s)he's got running in there: if it's a stock fan its not unbelievable. But also consider the ambient temp (roughly reflected by the mobo temp) ... 37°C so realistically, if we were comparing to a more "normal" mobo temp of 30°C the CPU temp might actually just be ~50°C which is more than acceptable for a stock fan. The CPUs can handle temps approaching 100°C -- not that i'd advise anyone push it that far of course heehe.
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No, I havn't used a "new" thermal paste. The CPU had signs of some previous paste and didn't add anything new. So maybe it's better to buy some paste for it.
Bad idea. Two options (a) use the exact same paste as the original and you wont really have to clean off the old stuff -- even though its advisable or (b) clean off the old stuff with rubbing alcohol and put some new stuff on. You only need to coat the actual chip (the part in the middle) and only put a thinnish layer on (i.e., make it kinda translucent like ... a drop about half the size of a grain of rice should be more than enough)
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