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I have an AMD XP-2000+. It has been working fine. I wanted to overclock, so I installed a Volcano 9. Computer won't boot now. I get power to the fans and all the drives do an initial spin but nothing past that. No video, no beeps, etc. Did I miss something in the installation of the fan? Did I somehow fry the MB of CPU? Could it be the power supply? I reset the BIOS and still nothing. How can I check the MB or CPU? I don't have an extra MB of CPU to test with.
Thanks for your help.
Give us more info on your computer!! What mobo, how big of a PSU, number of devices, types of devices!
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I have a Gigabyte GDRX+ mobo, 350 watt power supply (don't know brand name), GeForce 4 ATI 4600, pinnacle AVDV, Audigy Gamecard, maxtor 60 GB and WD 120 GB, CD and DVD players and floppy drive (don't know brands), linksys wireless network card. I'm posting this for my hubby. I think I got everything. I hope I got the names close enough to help you out.
To clarify, even though the first reply was trolling, he has not overclocked the chip yet. He was preparing to but had not tried it yet. Wanted to get the fan installed first.
Thanks for your help. He's kind of desparate. Wants to go buy a new CPU, but I'm not convinced it's the CPU because it looks clean.
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You probably installed the cooler incorrectly and fried the cpu
(takes 2 seconds!!)
It is extremely important that there is a perfect contact between the cpu and the cooler surface ,
the use of a heat conductive paste is a must
don't try with a new cpu unless you are
ABSOLUTELY!! sure the contact between the heatsink and the cpu core is perfect
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What kind of fan were you using previously? Before you installed the new Volcano 9 did everything work fine? No problems? I think it's because the Volcano 9's fan takes up a lot more juice that it may be overloading the PSU, but it shouldn't stop the computer from working. It should've worked fine for the first boot for about 1/2 a second. Try checking the CPU core to see that it's not crack and check around the CPU socket for little white "dust" particles. Those are some signs of a burnt CPU.
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how hard did you push on the fan to mount it, I have seen quite a few cores crushed by people trying to force them. remove the HSF and take a look at the cpu...you either crushed it or fried it (hope we are wrong but....)
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the POST would not have let hte drives activate if the CPU was dead. The POST runs the CPU first it would have should down instantly. theer is a configuration conlfict with the volcano 9. Check ot the IRQ and I/O addresses dont froget to check the DMA either. Boot clean into DOS using AutoEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS if you boot into this then you have you have no big problems. (boot from disk also)
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I had the same problem as you :/
i solved it by removing the powercord to the
computor then clear the cmos for 6 sec
after that i left the computor powerless
for about 10 minthen i started the darn thing back up
Be sure to hold in the delete key when you
do this so you can go into bios and change your settings .. cus if u dont u will prolly have to start all over againthe processor is locked with a failsafe mode that prevent it to start with to high settings
and it is not sure that u managed to fry it cus of that :)good luck
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If your motherboard supports fsb 100/133
then switch the jumper back to 100 or 133.
This should reset the way the bios see's the cpu. Hope this is helpful!
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My first guess would be the power supply. I would use a 400 watt for anything above athlon xp 1900+. Try borrowing a friends power supply or something and testing it before getting a new mobo or cpu.
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Thanks everyone for your responses. Turns out the CPU is fine. The power supply was only 350 watt and the MOBO is fried. My guess is the fan drew too much power, power supply not up to it, MOBO fried. Anyway, thanks again for your help.
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