HELP!

[hoodedrat]

OMG!!! STUPID AHANIX PLATINUM XP!, this case comes with a thermometer on it and it has a heat sensor to hook to the proc, we killed my xp1800 i think... i put the sensor on exactly how the instruction shows and then put the heatsink on and then booted and had no video, instantly the thermometer said 66 degrees celsius so i shut it off and then just pulled it out and put the heat sink back on and now i have no video at all, tried a different proc and it works just fine, did this **** thing kill my proc i just got 10 hours ago, or is there any chance that it will survive, and how can i tell?

[gibsinep]

Well, If it only got to 66C then it would not fry. XP's fry at around 90C so if it got no hotter than 66C then it shouldnt be fried. Also since it got hot it leads me to think that it isnt a bad chip, as it is doing somthing to get hot. You must have had the Heatsink on wrong or fan not plugged in the first time for it to hot 66c on a cold boot.

PC specs?

just pulled it out and put the heat sink back on and now

Please dont tell me you even turned the computer on with a CPU that didnt have a Heatsink on it. Especially an Athlon. That may have done it unless I am reading you wrong and it was on at boot?

[hoodedrat]

no sir, didnt boot without heatsink, exactly what happened, we put the sensor on as the directions showed, and then put the heatsink on, and then plugged it in and turned it on, and no video, and the proc hit 66 instantly, then we shut her down and pulled the heat sink off only to see that the sensor was touching the processor core, so i took that off and said the hell with it and then put the heatsink back on, and now when i boot there is no video at all, so we put an athlon 1.4 in it, and it booted just fine, what could have done this? did the core some how short out from that sensor touching it or what? BLAH!

MSI kt3 Ultra-aru
384 pc2100 crucial ddr
40gb 7200rpm wd caviar
athlonxp1800+

[gibsinep]

I think the problem is with the sensor hitting the core. You may be right in saying it is a short. I dont know though, were does the sensor belong on the Cpu?

[hoodedrat]

its supposed to sit next to the core, but not touch it, and its pain to put on, its just a wire that runs from the thermometer and has a sensor on the end, and then you rest the sensor next to the core, i think this killed my 1.33 tbird too, but i was having a lot of problems with that in the first place, and this probably finished it off, hopefully newegg will exchange the processor, or i'm out of a decent computer for a while

[gibsinep]

Newegg is good about RMA, you shouldnt have a problem. :t

[hoodedrat]

thanks a lot man, i'll let ya know if i get a new one from them or not... sure hope they'll take this one back, hosting a big lan party on monday, and i'm gonna have to use an 800 duron HEHE

[ukulele]

I think the sensors you are talking about should be installed after the heatsink is installed, at least that's how I have done it in the past. The last one I installed came with a small strip of tape that just holds it onto the edge of the cpu. If it was pinched between the cpu and heat sink then the cpu can't transfer any heat and "That's all Folks". Also if you put the heat sink on 180 deg. off then the step on the heat sink will prevent the hs from making contact with the cpu. Another "That's all Folks" . AMD has proper installation procedures for the HS and the probe on their support page. Here (http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/23986.pdf) is the link.

[ukulele]

Hoodedrat, Just what is a Lan Party anyway. Us hillbillies in Hawaii don't even know what a lan is! Do you like all sit around staring at networked computers and chat with them or what? My imagination is running wild. :x

[gibsinep]

thanks a lot man, i'll let ya know if i get a new one from them or not... sure hope they'll take this one back, hosting a big lan party on monday, and i'm gonna have to use an 800 duron HEHE

No problem hope everthing works out.

ukulele- A lan party is were you and a bunch of other people bring/use computers all in the same room, networked together and play game all night/day long with each other. Very fun stuff.:D

[hoodedrat]

well newegg accepted the RMA, put it in the mail today, so its headin back, hopefully they'll ok the sending of a new one

[gibsinep]

hoodedrat- they probbaly wont even look at it, What is really nice is when the send you a replacement it is 1 day shipping free. :)

[ukulele]

ukulele- A lan party is were you and a bunch of other people bring/use computers all in the same room, networked together and play game all night/day long with each other. Very fun stuff.

Not ME and a bunch of other people, unless of course they all happen to be of the opposite sex and kinda' frisky if you know what I mean. I'm more into the spin the bottle and strip poker type. :eek:

[gibsinep]

I hear you ukulele, some can get really big when they rent gyms out and stuff and it lasts for the weekend. Some even have showers and sleeping arangments. :eek:

[hoodedrat]

well, newegg finally got the proc and agreed to replace it, so the new one is in the mail, the lan party went great, 3 days of hardcore gaming, had 14 people show up, not to shabby for just a lan in some kids garage :)

[gibsinep]

Nice hoodedrat, One of tose sleep over/lan parties. :t

[ukulele]

Yep, times they are a changin'. What ever happened to good old American sex, drugs and rockin'roll? LOL! ;)

[OpK Chowdy]

heh. a lan party sounds like fun. the closest thing us poor 15yr old gamers have to a lan party is a network of a pc and a laptop playing counter-strike while other play super smash brothers on the tv nearby... yeah, we're pathetic.

[hoodedrat]

hey OpK cowboy i was having these huge lan parties when i was 15 :) i'm 18 now whoop!

[ukulele]

heh. a lan party sounds like fun. the closest thing us poor 15yr old gamers have to a lan party is a network of a pc and a laptop playing counter-strike while other play super smash brothers on the tv nearby... yeah, we're pathetic.

No problem. When I was 15 pong wasn't even invented. Three years ago most PC users didn't know what a LAN was. I still don't. Man am I gettin' old or what? :(

[hoodedrat]

well the xp1800 finally got here today, i popper er in and after some messin around i ran a benchmark and got 8901 with this system:

msi kt3 ultra aru
384mb pc2100 crucial ddr
40gb westerndigital caviar 7200 rpm
Radeon8500 LE (275/275) 128mb
xp1800+ (11.5 x 140) = 1.62ghz

8901 3dmark 2001 se