AMD XP 2000 ;)

[up2nogooduk]

Hi,

I have 2 old AMD XP 2000 LOL pc's in the other 2 rooms for the others to use just for the net, which works a treat.
anyhow, i desided to clean the dust out of them and re-do the paste on the cpu's. i cleaned it with brandy like i always use. I and tried both silver 5 and TX-2. they power up ok, but won't boot up anyone got any ideas to why ?
i built few pc's in my time, but now i'm frastrated

Cheers

 

[simbady]

did you get any AS5 on the pins?

 

[garylouden]

Hi,
........ i cleaned it with brandy like i always use...........

Does this work.....I have always used the Akasa TIM cleaner. Maybe that's what's done it over.

 

[up2nogooduk]

Does this work.....I have always used the Akasa TIM cleaner. Maybe that's what's done it over.

Na, used it for years with no problems. orderd 2nd hand ones from the net.. only £8

 

[matt_fsr]

i cleaned it with brandy like i always use.

Methinks your CPU's were teetotallers and now you've broken them

Give them a good hairdryer blast, heat them up - dry anything off them, but you might be out of luck - they may not work again.

I have an old spare XP1800 I could dig up if needs be....

 

[up2nogooduk]

Methinks your CPU's were teetotallers and now you've broken them

Give them a good hairdryer blast, heat them up - dry anything off them, but you might be out of luck - they may not work again.

I have an old spare XP1800 I could dig up if needs be....

So you think the brandy has messed them up then ? I'll try the hairdryer

 

[up2nogooduk]

Methinks your CPU's were teetotallers and now you've broken them

Give them a good hairdryer blast, heat them up - dry anything off them, but you might be out of luck - they may not work again.

I have an old spare XP1800 I could dig up if needs be....

Yep the chips were buggerd. got 2nd hand one, and works. but now and again the pc restarts lol sods law.

 

[willthepirate]

Na, used it for years with no problems. orderd 2nd hand ones from the net.. only £8

you buy second hand bottles of brandy off the internet?

 

[up2nogooduk]

you buy second hand bottles of brandy off the internet?

Ha HA HEHEHE LOL

 

[Dominor]

you buy second hand bottles of brandy off the internet?

Nothing says booze like a good ol Ebay Brandy my friend.

 

[PCZ]

Curious your chips should stop working after a stiff drink
One thing comes to mind, have the chips at anytime been modified ?

Athlon XP's could be modded by cutting and joining of pads on the top of the chip.
A rub with the Brandy could have removed the traces made with a conductive pen.

 

[Mr Paul]

The brandy, once dried, could have joined some of those traces and killed the chip!