I need fast help please

ElGriton · May 14, 2005

A buddy of mine has an asus A7N8X-E Deluxe with a barton 3200. He just replaced his HS/F and now he can't power up his computer. When he hits his power button the fans all start to spin up for a half a second and then the thing powers down. If anyone has the answer to this it would be great!!!

Duner · May 14, 2005

It sounds like the cpu is overheating. Remove the HSF and look at the pattern the thermal grease made on the cpu and heatsink base to see if it was seated well. Then remount with new grease.

cooper15 · May 14, 2005

how can a cpu overheat in like 2 econds :eh?:

..maybye his power supply inst enough? :shrug:

WingsofGOD · May 14, 2005

how can a cpu overheat in like 2 econds

Unplug yours and see how long it takes...

Make sure the Fan is plugged in, that would make it shut down quick..

ElGriton · May 14, 2005

He just bought a thermaltake silent boost and thinks he damaged his cpu during install of the new H/S.

SteveLord · May 14, 2005

i think modern cpus CAN burn up within seconds of being turned on if they have little to no cooling at all....

Rumrunner · May 14, 2005

cooper15 said:
how can a cpu overheat in like 2 econds ..maybye his power supply inst enough?

If you took your hsf off, the core would probably change colors before your eyes.

Rumrunner · May 14, 2005

ElGriton said:
A buddy of mine has an asus A7N8X-E Deluxe with a barton 3200. He just replaced his HS/F and now he can't power up his computer. When he hits his power button the fans all start to spin up for a half a second and then the thing powers down. If anyone has the answer to this it would be great!!!

Well it could also be that the motherboard has a cpu fan speed safety feature. Does his new fan use a molex connector, has he tried to plug the old fan in and see if it worked then?

ElGriton · May 14, 2005

He just reinstalled his OLD cpu and it boots fine. Time to call AMD...

David · May 14, 2005

Check the heatsink is seated properly?
Check thermal compound has been applied?
Try clearing BIOS (sometimes works wonders... *shrug*) ?
Any visible damage to the core?
CPU fan plugged in? Many boards will not boot if it is not!

d94 · May 14, 2005

sounds like he didnt seat it properlly the first time. or the cpu is dead

ElGriton · May 14, 2005

David said:
Any visible damage to the core?

He thinks it looks like a corner is gone but he's kind of panicky and frantic. I' trying to get a pic out of him so I can get an idea of what he's talking about.

David · May 14, 2005

Cracked corners can often mean trouble. A friend of mine had a Duron 800 which died in the same way.

honhon · May 14, 2005

when i built my first system and got my CS:S name in my sig from my friends, burning up a CPU can happen in only a few seconds, and then the system will "remember" that and not want to boot.

ElGriton · May 14, 2005

Thanks everyone for te quick replies. He just bought a new cpu and will try to rma the dead one.

SteveLord · May 14, 2005

a few years ago i incorrectly seated one of the socket A cpu heatsinks. thankfully it didnt kill it. my father assumed it was dead though hehe.

still have that cpu working to this day.

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