| Damaged mobo or burnt out CPU? [message #44268] |
Sun, 31 August 2003 05:25  |
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Walrus
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I was playing ren two days ago when the screen froze and i had to restart the machine. I have win98se on this machine so errors do happen and restarts are some what common.
The PC boots up and the bios runs and as it checks the hard drive I get the message..
CMOS Values Error
and it ask me if I want to load the default values, or to load setup. I can choose neither and the screen is frozen.
I have checked most of the parts by swapping out in to another machine and all of them work fine. I can not check the CPU though. I have seen and replaced mobos before many of them with Bios failer, but I have never seen a burnt out CPU or know what the symptoms are. I am sure that it is the bios that has died but I just wanted to make sure before i order the replacement parts.
Mobo eagle tec 830l -I have heard there were problems with this board-
CPU amd xp1700 - the cpu has been removed and has visible damage. The die has been stained by the thermal putty of the heat sink and i am not sure if it can be cleaned up so the CPU can be reused.
Any help or information would come in handy.
One Last Time
"England expects that every man will do his duty"
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| Damaged mobo or burnt out CPU? [message #44279] |
Sun, 31 August 2003 06:38  |
Bearxor
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sounds like a BIOS problem. Check the battery in the board. Make sure it hasn't busted open or something (had that happen once). It doesn't sound like a fried processor. Usually, if a processor is fried, you will not get it to POST at all.
To clean off the processor, use 91% alcohol. Not the weak 70% stuff.
If you think its the processor, take it out and clean it off. You should be able to easily tell if its fried.
signatures suck
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| Damaged mobo or burnt out CPU? [message #44287] |
Sun, 31 August 2003 07:07 |
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Walrus
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Thank you, I have cleaned the CPU your advice has helped me alot. 
One Last Time
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