my computer

[nick adams]

i tried to unlock the bridges on my 850 atholon but i did not work connected : : : : l1 bridges) so i then cleaned the lead off and my system wouldnt boot ......I am taking it to a friend of mine today to check the cpu... sounds like i might of fried it somehow, i did it by the book....PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN I POWER UP EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE ITS BOOTING BUT NO ITS A NO GO .....DOESNT COUNT MEM.......IS MY ATHOLON UNLOCKABLE?

A7V SOCKET A
ATHOLON 850 TBIRD? NORMAL?
does not say on chip
128mb brande name pc133
WD 40 GIG ATA 100
PROPHET II MX 32mb
10/100 LINKSYS NIC
ACER 16X DVD
YAMAHA 16/10/40 CD-RW


HELP HELP

[Rob Cork]

Make sure all the dipswitches are set to off, all the voltage jumpers and the jumperfree selection jumper are all set to jumperfree, and try cleaning the chip again - wipe the bridges with a damp tissue and then dry with a dry tissue to get rid of all the lead. Also try holding down the 'insert' key when booting, this ought to clear CMOS (I think - never had to try it myself). I doubt you've fried it, keep trying, and good luck... weird one this :-D

[nick adams]

do you think i have a good setup

[SickBoy]

Your setup seems pretty good - sufficient ram, decent video card, good mobo and processor. To tell you the truth it looks like you did your research and stuck to what you knew would work. A lot of people (myself included) have real similar setups.

Sickboy

PS One culprit of no-booting can sometimes be the CMOS battery - I have had to replace CMOS batteries in brand new mobos, but most likely it is another issue other than that.