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nanofever · 02-14-2004, 10:35 AM

Okay so I'm building my new computer and I had a big problem. Abit NF7-S, Barton 2500+, thermalright heatsink, Antec true 430 PSU, Geil gold dragon DDR 3200, Geforce FX5700.

It never POST'ed correctly, the first time my Barton 2500+ posted as an 1100 mhz and the Gig of Geil ram was detected at 980KB? After that the keyboard wouldn't detect and on the third try I got really crazy characters on the monitor. The characters were things like diamonds and such that I had seen since early DOS games and they were 8 different colors, then VGA wouldn't show when I rebooted and tried again.

The motherboard would start screeching when I started the computer, eventhough I had on a massive heatsink/fan/thermal grease. I then reapplied grease and the screeching stopped, unfortunatly it wouldn't beep at all after that. I tried another video card (PCI) on the motherboard and VGA wouldn't work then either.

I RMA'ed the motherboard thinking it was bad and I'm really worried that multiple components might be shot (video card, ram ect)

Edit: Upon inspected the chip I noticed one of the corners, on the core, has a tiny, tiny bit missing, is that what fucked my entire system ?

VF19 · 02-14-2004, 10:38 AM

I have limited experience but from reading reviews on mobo's it seems like just a faulty mobo.

Redjake · 02-14-2004, 02:35 PM

The 1100 MHz thing with the Barton happened to me, I restarted the computer a couple of times and it started recognizing it as a 2500+ @ 1.83 GHz. Not sure what fixed it.

My Abit (same model) came with a bent chipset fan that squealed whenever it turned on, I popped it off and bent the housing on the fan up a bit and it stopped making the noise.

merkerguitars · 02-14-2004, 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by nanofever
Edit: Upon inspected the chip I noticed one of the corners, on the core, has a tiny, tiny bit missing, is that what fucked my entire system ?

Is it on the die of the processor? cause if any little bit is damaged your processor is totally fucked, and you won't be able to RMA it.

nanofever · 02-15-2004, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by merkerguitars
Is it on the die of the processor? cause if any little bit is damaged your processor is totally fucked, and you won't be able to RMA it.

Yeah it is on the die, will even the smallest chip ruin the proc ?

propaganda · 02-15-2004, 01:16 PM

Yeah I think that sucker is gone...

02-14-2004, 10:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
nanofever Huzzah for Welcome Week, Much beer shall I imbibe. Location: UCSB	Computer building help Okay so I'm building my new computer and I had a big problem. Abit NF7-S, Barton 2500+, thermalright heatsink, Antec true 430 PSU, Geil gold dragon DDR 3200, Geforce FX5700. It never POST'ed correctly, the first time my Barton 2500+ posted as an 1100 mhz and the Gig of Geil ram was detected at 980KB? After that the keyboard wouldn't detect and on the third try I got really crazy characters on the monitor. The characters were things like diamonds and such that I had seen since early DOS games and they were 8 different colors, then VGA wouldn't show when I rebooted and tried again. The motherboard would start screeching when I started the computer, eventhough I had on a massive heatsink/fan/thermal grease. I then reapplied grease and the screeching stopped, unfortunatly it wouldn't beep at all after that. I tried another video card (PCI) on the motherboard and VGA wouldn't work then either. I RMA'ed the motherboard thinking it was bad and I'm really worried that multiple components might be shot (video card, ram ect) Edit: Upon inspected the chip I noticed one of the corners, on the core, has a tiny, tiny bit missing, is that what fucked my entire system ? __________________ I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect. Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum: "Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt." Last edited by nanofever; 02-14-2004 at 10:43 AM..

02-14-2004, 02:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	The 1100 MHz thing with the Barton happened to me, I restarted the computer a couple of times and it started recognizing it as a 2500+ @ 1.83 GHz. Not sure what fixed it. My Abit (same model) came with a bent chipset fan that squealed whenever it turned on, I popped it off and bent the housing on the fan up a bit and it stopped making the noise. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

02-14-2004, 10:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
VF19 Banned Location: back to my old location	I have limited experience but from reading reviews on mobo's it seems like just a faulty mobo.

02-15-2004, 01:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
propaganda Psycho	Yeah I think that sucker is gone...