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Netguess · 04-27-2002, 12:21 PM

I bought a motherboard/cpu combo (Biostar m7vkq/Duron 1.0ghz with a heatsink/fan) i got home and installed everything into my one week old case. I booted and got no screen (using the mobo's onboard video) so I took everything out and booted outside of the case and finally the bios screen came up. I put everything back into the case again, and it wouldn't boot so i booted outside of the case again and this time, the cpu cooler spinned one time so i quickly shut it off. I removed the cpu from the motherboard leaving the heatsink/fan still connected so that I could know when the system was powered. I booted and the heatsink/fan came on (without the cpu). This tells me that the problem lies with my cpu. I examined the cpu and found no burnt spots or chipped core or anything. The only possible problem is the thermal compound which isn't too neatly spread across the center of the cpu.

Can someone please help me determine what the problem is?
(While the cpu is installed the cpu cooler spins one time upon bootup, and the 250w power supply doesn't start spinning)

04-27-2002, 12:21 PM	#1
Netguess Member (6 bit) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 55	CPU problem I bought a motherboard/cpu combo (Biostar m7vkq/Duron 1.0ghz with a heatsink/fan) i got home and installed everything into my one week old case. I booted and got no screen (using the mobo's onboard video) so I took everything out and booted outside of the case and finally the bios screen came up. I put everything back into the case again, and it wouldn't boot so i booted outside of the case again and this time, the cpu cooler spinned one time so i quickly shut it off. I removed the cpu from the motherboard leaving the heatsink/fan still connected so that I could know when the system was powered. I booted and the heatsink/fan came on (without the cpu). This tells me that the problem lies with my cpu. I examined the cpu and found no burnt spots or chipped core or anything. The only possible problem is the thermal compound which isn't too neatly spread across the center of the cpu. Can someone please help me determine what the problem is? (While the cpu is installed the cpu cooler spins one time upon bootup, and the 250w power supply doesn't start spinning)