Does this suggest the cpu has blown?

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

Hi.
recently i got together some old parts and built a pc, onlything is it wont boot...
here is info about that.
Now i have been busy and have only just got round to taking it apart to see whats up, and noticed the following:

The area where the core of the cpu touches the heat sink seems to have degraded alot. does this suggest that my cpu is gone?
thx for any help!

cheers

Tom

L337 M33P · Oct 5, 2003

Ummm - Overheating usually manifests as discolouration around the core and on the back. Chipped cores leave small silver marks on the heatsink. Does the CPU itself look alright?

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

ill take it out and take a pic

Gnufsh · Oct 5, 2003

I think that just means that it's an old thermal pad, replace it with some thermal compound and you should be good to go.

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

Ok here is a pic:
was hard to get one that wasnt blurred

cherryp00t · Oct 5, 2003

yea just need to replace the goop

USAPGAPRO · Oct 5, 2003

yeah, thats what I think.

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

but would the gloop stop it from booting up?!?!

shiyan · Oct 5, 2003

is that a chip in the core I see... right above the words "Athlon", about where "t" is to "n" is, along the upper edge?

because if your core is chipped, it could mean a dead processor.

or I'm just seeing things that are not there.

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

i didnt notice any chips...

L337 M33P · Oct 5, 2003

Can't see much from that angle =x

If you can clean off the goo (use 90% or greater alcohol) and take a closeup (if you can) and post a shot of the back as well.

shiyan · Oct 5, 2003

toms100 said:
i didnt notice any chips...

probably should be no chips then, as you have the CPU in your hand and can see it much more clearly.

just clean all the thermal goop and it's quite easy to see if it is chipped or not.

it was probably just some trace of thermal goop that I mistakenly saw as a possible chip.

toms100 · Oct 5, 2003

nope definatly no chips in the core.
had a pair of scissors and carefully scraped away the yellow crap.
still dont know waht the prob is then

P2P · Oct 7, 2003

you sure your bios is ok?
could be a reason for the no boot

toms100 · Oct 7, 2003

P2P said:
you sure your bios is ok?
could be a reason for the no boot

i havetried booting with the reset bios settings jumper on, not sure if that would check bios, but it did nothing to it booting.

Steven4563 · Oct 7, 2003

but is the board dead ?? have u got another cpu ???

snvpa · Oct 7, 2003

Do the lights tuirn on and fans spin up or nothing happens? if nothing happens check all power connectors as well as the front panel connectors.

toms100 · Oct 7, 2003

the lights light up, cd roms work, fans fire up etc.

Cuda · Oct 7, 2003

Here are a couple of things to try. First, strip the rig down to the bare essentials only, cpu, 1 stick of ram, vid card, then see if it will post. Also, shorting/grounding issues can often be resolved by removing the mobo completely from the case and try powering it up, if it then posts, check for possible mounting problems. You also want to double and triple check that the core is fully seated into the socket. I had a no boot problen not too long ago, and it turned out to be the smartfan temp sensor. I put it under the the cpu and routed the wires between the pins, but it kept the chip raised the tiniest bit. Once I removed the sensor, no more problems.

Good Luck man.

Koranuso · Oct 7, 2003

i know this sounds stupid, but two nights ago same thing happened to me in one of my "im gonna make a frankenputer pahses".

everything powered on but it never booted.

turned out my ide cable was plugged into my hardrive backwards.
take out your hardrive and see if it starts whirring when yu power on, if not then that yru prob and just flip yur cable.

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