- Joined
- Feb 24, 2002
- Location
- Southeast WI
I built 2 identical computers for a couple buddies. 1 worked great, but the second rig shut off after about ten seconds when going through the initial POST. After that it would just shut itself off after about 2 seconds any time I tried to start it up. I started disconnecting all the various items, and then fire it up. It stays on after I pull the cpu, so I figure the processor is fried. I pull the processor out of the "working" rig and put it in the second one. Guess what happens, the same thing, shuts itself off after a couple seconds. I then put the "cooked" cpu in the first rig to make sure that it's the cpu that's fried. Sure enough, it won't boot up. I put the processor back in the "working" rig and try to boot up, and now this computer shuts itself off after a couple seconds. Apparently, the Mobo of the second rig also cooked the processor of the first one imho. Do I have a bad mobo that's frying chips, or a bad cpu that's frying mobo's? Does this sound confusing? It sure does to me.
MSI K7N2-L mobo
Kingston 512 PC2700
Athlon 2400+
MSI TI 4200
MSI K7N2-L mobo
Kingston 512 PC2700
Athlon 2400+
MSI TI 4200