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Old 09-09-2006, 08:25 AM
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A computer problem....need advice

Hi All!

Well, I have an issue I need help with. Last night I put a new processor in my office computer and upon firing it up, I can get into the BOIS, but it locks up as soon as I get into the BIOS. I shut it off, and when I tried to fire it up again, I get a long beep........beep........beep with about 2-3 seconds between the beeps, with nothing showing on the monitor. Any ideas?

Here's the system:

MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard
2X512 DDR 400 Corsair ValueSelect memory
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (Newcastle core)
2-SATA 160GB hard drives
PS/2 keyboard
USB mouse
Win XP Home

What I'm afraid might have happened is something with the 754 socket on the motherboar. I worked and workd to get the heatsink off the old processor and the processor came out stuck to the heatsink. I'm wondering if I didn't damage the socket on the motherboard? I couldn't find any broken/bent pins on the old processor, and the new one dropped right in when I put it in place...... Any help is appreciated.

I do have another motherboard I could install, but it's sure a time consuming, pain in the rump to redo everything and then try a "repair" install of the OS. I hope to avoid that if possible.

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Old 09-09-2006, 09:55 AM
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Have you set the speed right, ie. Front Side Bus (mhz) and multiplier?
Most systems has jumpers which has to be set according to cpu specs.

Beeps at bootup is a code telling you whats wrong. Its in sequence. ex. 3 - 1 - 1.
(if your want to search youself look for bios error codes on the net, otherwise sequence?)

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Old 09-09-2006, 10:50 PM
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Thanks Erik!

I looked up the beep codes, and according to them it was a memory failure.... but after playing around with the computer this afternoon I think I discovered it was the new processor...DOA! I put my old processor back in and everything is working OK now. I have an AMD 64 3400+ Clawhammer in the machine right now. The processor I was attempting to install was the same except it was a newcastle core. That's the second processor that I've picked up off ebay that's been DOA. One of these days I might just learn my lesson!


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