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bad cpu ?
Name: Jason Date: December 4, 2003 at 09:36:43 Pacific OS: None CPU/Ram: amd duron 900/ 320 mb
Name: Outlander Date: December 4, 2003 at 10:36:22 Pacific
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Is it an athlon or AMD product? They always get hot enough to cook your breakfast.
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Response Number 2
Name: real_cool Date: December 4, 2003 at 11:39:27 Pacific
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Athlon is a product from AMD ...
Both good and bad CPUs will heat up, dead ones don't.
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Response Number 3
Name: jdt21lw Date: December 4, 2003 at 12:11:10 Pacific
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It's an Amd Duron 900. I am trying to pinpoint an power up error. No video, hard drive doesnt power up when fully connected(remove the ide cable,HD powers up normal). I purchased a new motherboard, thinking something was fried on my old one, and I have the same exact problem. I have tried a different HD(even ide cables). All of which work great in my much slower pc(even my memory). My sister had a problem with her pc powering up so I was looking at it. Her pc eventually started up no problem so I used her power supply on mine and got the same results(however I don't know if her problem was due to a faulty power supply). I removed a cpu from a pc and turn it on, the hard drive powered up fine, so I tried it on mine ,no HD power up. So I'm down to either my power supply or cpu, and I'm low on cash. Thats about everything.
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Response Number 4
Name: jam Date: December 4, 2003 at 14:42:57 Pacific
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If it powers up with the IDE cable removed from the HDD, but doesn't with the IDE cable connected, you may have the cable connection upside-down...either at the board, or at the HDD. The red stripe goes to the number 1 pin...on the HDD, the red stripe should be on the same side as the power plug...as for the board connection, you're gonna have to look at it. It could also be a master/slave conflict...
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