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[HAL9000]

First of all... did you say you're not getting any display.. did that happen since the burning smell.... it's almost sounds like you didn't have the heatsink on quite right and may have fried the CPU.

[Russbo]

The CPU isn't fired... I just over "goopified" the core with thermal paste. The burning smell is gone and the system powers up. Lights come on and fans whirr it acts like it's working but I'm not getting any display. The monitor is hooked up to the video card but I have it seated in nice and snug. About the paste - there was only a small burnt spot on the heatsink and no damage to the CPU core - it looked pristine. Helpful?

Russell

[Mackem]

Ok,
I've powered up the mobo out of the case with just the video card (ATI Radeon 9200SE), monitor and 2 sticks of DDR RAM and i still get the message CMOS/GPNV Checksum Bad error message.

Any ideas?

Mackem

PS I've tried 3 different sticks of DDR RAM now which I know are good

[Rof_lmao]

ity might be that u need an agp card if u are using pci, i think thats my problem... on a second note... for some odd reason i try to turn on my drives, but when they are plugged into the mobo(ide) they dont work, as soon as i unplug that ide from teh mobo it starts up like a bat outta hell... whats going on!

[HAL9000]

Originally posted by Russbo The CPU isn't fired... I just over "goopified" the core with thermal paste. The burning smell is gone and the system powers up. Lights come on and fans whirr it acts like it's working but I'm not getting any display. The monitor is hooked up to the video card but I have it seated in nice and snug. About the paste - there was only a small burnt spot on the heatsink and no damage to the CPU core - it looked pristine. Helpful? Russell

There shouldn't be any kinda burnt spot on the heatsink... if the CPU fried, yes, it will still power up and if circuits are already damaged, you won't get any burning smell as the damage would be done.

[HAL9000]

Guys... I'm going to suggest you use this thread as a guideline, but actually post your probs in General Hardware. A lot of regulars don't cruise thru here.

[Sir]

ok, and when the pc power & cooling ATX PSU tester gets here, i'll tell you guys what the results are

hopefully it was the PSU that I rma'd so then i can just get a new one

[pipefighter]

Hal9000
Reply from pipefighter on beep codes. I tried to start the system out of the box nothing happened. all I get is the green light on the mother board. Does this indicate the power supply is doing its job?

Thank-you for the suggestion!! I was excited for a moment.

[Zachman]

Originally posted by Rof_lmao ity might be that u need an agp card if u are using pci, i think thats my problem... on a second note... for some odd reason i try to turn on my drives, but when they are plugged into the mobo(ide) they dont work, as soon as i unplug that ide from teh mobo it starts up like a bat outta hell... whats going on!

Them exact same thing happens to me!!!! I think It may be the power supply. Anyone have suggestions?

[smnsam]

I tried as u told but no video coming, so do u think my motherboard is bad or memory?

[glc]

Originally posted by HAL9000 Guys... I'm going to suggest you use this thread as a guideline, but actually post your probs in General Hardware. A lot of regulars don't cruise thru here.

Concur, and I'm going to lock this thread for now.