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Replaced Heatsink, PC won't Boot??
Name: Caleb2002 Date: October 1, 2002 at 00:31:59 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 1800
Comment:
I replaced my Thunderbird heatsink with a quieter Globalwin BKII58 and since then my PC will not boot. All the power etc works fine but my monitor will not start and I am getting no beeps back from the PC.
The shop that sold me the heatsink say I need to take the motherboard out of the case and connect up just the power, case speaker and case power. As the motherboard may have warped!
Name: D@VE Date: October 1, 2002 at 04:01:41 Pacific
Reply:
Double check that you connected the fan to the designated CPU Fan power port on the board.
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Response Number 2
Name: Caleb2002 Date: October 1, 2002 at 05:22:02 Pacific
Reply:
Yeah connections all OK as per previously connected.
This is an Asus KT266a Motherboard,
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Response Number 3
Name: P4Sucks Date: October 1, 2002 at 07:43:47 Pacific
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well...with installing a heatsink goes the risk of cracking the cpu. Take cpu out and examine it for cracks. If you have access to another board test the cpu in the other board. Or if you have another cpu test it out in the board thats not starting up. Its a process of elimination. You have to narrow the problem down to a single piece of hardware.
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Response Number 4
Name: P4Sucks Date: October 1, 2002 at 07:47:29 Pacific
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And also...did you ground yourself before you handled your cpu. Most people I find dont ground themselves before handling computer parts. ESD will fry your computer parts without you even knowing about it.
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Response Number 5
Name: Adrian flatico Date: October 2, 2002 at 21:50:36 Pacific
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Also, did you use a good compound and make sure that the heatsink seated to the cpu firmly??? I hope so cuz usually when your pc won't boot because of a change like that, it means yoru chip is fried
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Response Number 6
Name: Christian Date: October 4, 2002 at 10:39:47 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure cpu is seated correctly. make sure fan cable is connected in the proper pins and make sure it's the proper orientation. if cpu is bad, then possibly motherboard should beep. motherboard could have been damaged.
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