I think it's dead.

[Skiing Squirrel]

Well, I tried to unlock my 1800+ this weekend. I had one sitting around, so I decided to try it. I took out my 1600+, unlocked my 1800+, and put it in. Held my breath, made a quick sacrifice to the gods, and hit the power switch. Everything turned on, but no post. So... What happened? Cleared comos, tried it again, and nothing. I put my 1600+ back in, and thankfully no fried mobo or ram. Whats the deal? Is this normal if you didnt do it right?

[Yakbak]

Try clearing the stuff around the bridges if possible and try to boot up with it again... If it's not dead, you probably messed up on the unlocking somehow.

[litghost]

i good way to know if its dead is if the hdd light goes on and doesnt turn off.

[OC-Master]

Originally posted by Skiing Squirrel
Well, I tried to unlock my 1800+ this weekend. I had one sitting around, so I decided to try it. I took out my 1600+, unlocked my 1800+, and put it in. Held my breath, made a quick sacrifice to the gods, and hit the power switch. Everything turned on, but no post. So... What happened? Cleared comos, tried it again, and nothing. I put my 1600+ back in, and thankfully no fried mobo or ram. Whats the deal? Is this normal if you didnt do it right?


I had the exact same problem, and it turned out that one of my L1 bridges shorted and haulted my PC from ever booting. I simply removed the bridges and on first try, the PC booted successfully.

For Palominos, make sure that those holes between the bridges were properly filled, hence, there is a ground and if that ground gets in contact with one of your connections, your CPU will malfunction and could be damaged.


DS-Master

[Skiing Squirrel]

Its too late to take everything out and put it all back in tonight, but I'll see about it tommorow.