unbelievable

[malvolio]

even as careful as i was opening the package, the processor fell about three feet to the floor. is this thing toast or what?

[Freefall]

Did any of the pins break/come loose?

[malvolio]

the protective covering was still on so i don't believe so. it seemed to hit on its edge. i swwear it was like a slow motion movie scene where the hero gets riddled with bulllets.

[tempus]

Originally Posted by malvolio even as careful as i was opening the package, the processor fell about three feet to the floor. is this thing toast or what?

Its probably ok unless it got cracked or chipped.

[malvolio]

only one way to find out i guess.

[newbuilder14]

Did it fall on a carpet?

[malvolio]

hardwood

[newbuilder14]

Here's what I would do: Closely examine the bottom of the CPU insuring no pings are bent or broken. If none are, you should be fine. What processor is it?

[malvolio]

e6300. sink is aready installed and i'm having trouble getting it off. ithunk i will just proceed withh out of case build and hope for the best

[malvolio]

okay so what exactly are the "posts" that hal is talking about for shorting the power switch. i see two copper coil looking things that seem like candidtates.

[malvolio]

no display with out of case build. cup and vid card fans working.

[minsonngo]

Hal is talking about the pins on the motherboard that you connect the power button on the case to. You take something like a screw driver and touch the two pins on the motherboard that control the power switch and it will allow you to power on the computer without hooking up the case to it.

What are your system specifications?

[Spirit]

Originally Posted by malvolio no display with out of case build. cup and vid card fans working.

What mobo do you have?

[malvolio]

i found the posts. i have attempted powering up a few times successfully getting the fans on vid card and cpu sink to run but no dipslay to monitor.

[Spirit]

Originally Posted by malvolio i found the posts. i have attempted powering up a few times successfully getting the fans on vid card and cpu sink to run but no dipslay to monitor.

Could you give some specs of your system? That may make it easier to diagnose the problem. What mobo model, power supply, etc.

[malvolio]

mobo is p5b deluxe

[malvolio]

psu: antec 2.0 500,
vid card geforce 7600 gt,
cpu: e6300
ram: corsair xms2 ddr800 2x 1.0 gb both installed atm

[malvolio]

ram is in channels a1 and a2 ,are there any jumpers i need to set. manual only mentions a cmos jumper which is currently in standard position, not reset

[malvolio]

i guess i may as well add that psu is currently installed in case, mobo is out of case and on its cardboard box.

[Kareeser]

Did you plug in all required power connectors?

The 20 (or 24) pin ATX power connector, and the 4-pin (2x2 square) Alternate 12V power block?

Some PCI-E video cards also require a third connector (a 2x3 block) before it will function.

[malvolio]

ok i will look into that. in the meantime i've removed the sink and checked te pins on the cpu so i'm guessing now the thermal pad is compromised huh...


i've connected power to an eatx 12v on the mobo.

vid card doesn't appear to have any alternate power connectors.

still no display.


got display!

[Alaron]

__Moderator Note__

marviolo, please use the Edit button in the bottom right of each post, instead of posting in a row.

[minsonngo]

Not sure if this board is picky or not, but you might want to try a stick of memory from the QVL list to make sure it is not the memory: http://usa.asus.com/100/download/pro...79/1179_10.pdf

Or it could be that the BIOS version on the board does not support your CPU. I know someone else on this board had a similar problem. They called ASUS and they were told by the CSR that the board didn't have support for the CPU as of yet.

[glc]

Looks like it's fixed, folks - what made it work?

[malvolio]

Lord only knows. I unplugged and reseated everything, fiddled with monitor a bit. Probably a combo of both. Thanks for the input, I'm at initial boot up phase now and will probably have more q's.


The 6300 is running at 50 C under no load in bios setup. Good? Bad? seems high maybe? Perhaps this is the answer to my earlier question about the thermal pad.

[glc]

That may be a tad high - load up some monitoring software and check it under full load.

[malvolio]

I have been watching the monitoring program that came with the mobo over the past couple hours while setting up windows and installing drivers etc. Temp has been hovering around 48-51 C.

Is there a recommended program or utility for loading the cpu to see where the temp goes?

[blue60007]

Seems a bit high for an idle temp. You sure you got the heatsink fully snapped in?

Try a program called CPU Burn

http://users.bigpond.net.au/cpuburn/

Make sure you run two instances of it so you load up both cores. Keep an eye on the temps, if they get towards 70C stop the program.

[malvolio]

thanks for pointing out that program, blue.

i suspect it's a combination of the seating of te sink and my having broken the thermal pad after initial melt to check for broken cpu pin. one of the pegs doesn't seem to want to stay in after my having removed the sink from the board previously.

i'm thinking i will invest in an aftermarket sink/fan, as i'm sure i will want to do some overclocking anyway in the future.

arctic silver 5 is the gold standard for thermal paste it seems. what's a good cooling solution? i hear a lot about zalman and ninjas...

[glc]

You can buy replacement pegs from Intel if you have a damaged one that won't snap all the way in and lock. You will void your processor warranty if you use anything but the Intel heatsink/fan and the provided thermal pad. You can buy replacement pads from Intel too.