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icel0rd · 04-24-2002, 12:37 PM

Well, I did try and clean if off with rubbing alcohol after it failed to boot. It didnt do any good. I am beginning to wonder though...

I installed it without putting on a heat sink thinking it was impossible for it to fry because I'm not subjecting it to any load. I just wanted to see it post. Well, after I saw it wouldn't post, I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol as well as I could, but it still wouldn't post. I never changed any switches at all yet. My PC speaker was making a fast clicking sound briefly when I tried it again. I never saw smoke come off it though.

Now, the most disturbing part about this was that I tried a new XP 1900+ in my system and it didn't post either !! It was an OEM chip I got last night. My mobo was set to autodetect the CPU, and the FSB switch was set to 133. It just didnt post

Well, I wanted to be absolutely positive about whether or not mobo was dead, so I sneaked into my wife's machine and borrowed her T-bird 1100 and dropped it in my system. Before I did it, I did the ol pencil trick and bridged the L1 for the hell of it. The machine posted ! Thank god and all his followers! So, I proceeded to experiment with some OC'ing of it. I got it to 1430, but it wouldn't boot windows, so I dropped it back to 1313 and left it in there. My wife still doesnt know that I borrowed her CPU. She doesn't use it often enough to notice.

Well, I'm wondering if I was unlucky enough to have killed the first CPU, and received a DOA new cpu (well, it was supposed to be new). I never tried to unlock it (luckily) before I tried to fire it up. I'm beginning to wonder if the first one died though.... I got pissed and abused it after it croaked on me (or appeared to). I punched it and dropped it on the floor a few times, slid it back and forth on my desk at work and practiced some unlocking techniques on it. I think if it didnt really die before, it's dead now

Well, I'm going to head back the store I got the new one at and I am going to make them show me that the thing posts before I take it or another one back home for torture.

I'm almost afraid to try another XP CPU because killing them can be expensive.

Thanks for the replies gang

-Ice- , the PC killer!

04-24-2002, 12:37 PM	#4
icel0rd Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Where even the devil wont go Posts: 103	Well, I did try and clean if off with rubbing alcohol after it failed to boot. It didnt do any good. I am beginning to wonder though... I installed it without putting on a heat sink thinking it was impossible for it to fry because I'm not subjecting it to any load. I just wanted to see it post. Well, after I saw it wouldn't post, I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol as well as I could, but it still wouldn't post. I never changed any switches at all yet. My PC speaker was making a fast clicking sound briefly when I tried it again. I never saw smoke come off it though. Now, the most disturbing part about this was that I tried a new XP 1900+ in my system and it didn't post either !! It was an OEM chip I got last night. My mobo was set to autodetect the CPU, and the FSB switch was set to 133. It just didnt post Well, I wanted to be absolutely positive about whether or not mobo was dead, so I sneaked into my wife's machine and borrowed her T-bird 1100 and dropped it in my system. Before I did it, I did the ol pencil trick and bridged the L1 for the hell of it. The machine posted ! Thank god and all his followers! So, I proceeded to experiment with some OC'ing of it. I got it to 1430, but it wouldn't boot windows, so I dropped it back to 1313 and left it in there. My wife still doesnt know that I borrowed her CPU. She doesn't use it often enough to notice. Well, I'm wondering if I was unlucky enough to have killed the first CPU, and received a DOA new cpu (well, it was supposed to be new). I never tried to unlock it (luckily) before I tried to fire it up. I'm beginning to wonder if the first one died though.... I got pissed and abused it after it croaked on me (or appeared to). I punched it and dropped it on the floor a few times, slid it back and forth on my desk at work and practiced some unlocking techniques on it. I think if it didnt really die before, it's dead now Well, I'm going to head back the store I got the new one at and I am going to make them show me that the thing posts before I take it or another one back home for torture. I'm almost afraid to try another XP CPU because killing them can be expensive. Thanks for the replies gang -Ice- , the PC killer! __________________ Redhat 8 Gigabyte GA-7dpxdw+ w/dual modded AXP 1800+ CPUs running at AXP 2000+ speed 1 512 meg crucial ECC DDR 2100 1 512 meg Infineon PC2700 Sblive Value Geforce 4 Ti4600 Deskstar 60 gig drive (1)K4.1 waterblock (.5" barbs) (1) Maze 3 waterblock (.5" barbs) Black Ice Rad TopFin 250gph pump 1/2" OD Vinyl hose (yep, vinyl)