CPU Burnout
- impuresoul2k3
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CPU Burnout
Alright, so I leave my computer on while I went to school today(about 7-8hrs by the time I checked it). And I moved my mouse to get the monitor to come back on and it doesn't respond. The harddrive light was also on constantly. I pushed the reset button, and a few seconds late I hear "system failed CPU test"
1) What could possibly have happened while it was sitting idle?
2) And I suppose I'm looking at buying a new processor right?
1) What could possibly have happened while it was sitting idle?
2) And I suppose I'm looking at buying a new processor right?
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- impuresoul2k3
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I tried resetting the cmos, go luck. Yeah the fan was still running, and it should kill power if it gets too hot, but it was still running just no video and no response
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- impuresoul2k3
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Would a bad PSU cause this maybe?
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- impuresoul2k3
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Ok, not power supply either tried it with a known good one, not working. I did notice that when I took the processor out sometimes the cpu fan wouldn't spin, and the motherboard wasn't consistant in reporting "no cpu installed"...starting to wonder about m/b...
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I had a home built machine do the same thing. Turns out it was the vid card. Weird huh, a vid card causin the bios to say there was a problem with the cpu. Was an ATI 9600xt, installed a 9200 pci card and it booted without a hitch. Owner ended up buying a 6600gt agp, wouldnt listen to me about wasting his money. (shortb)
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- impuresoul2k3
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Ok, found out my problem, I had moved a jumper to change it over to jumpered mode(as opposed to jumperless) and accidentally moved the wrong one. Changed it back and ran with the good power supply runs great, old power supply results in cpu failing system test
Athlon 3500+
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nVidia 7600GS
DVD+-R/RW Dual Layer
Segate 160gb HD
Sweet 15" CRT!
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