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Core 2 Quad Q6600 BLEW UP!!

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Okay,

i was happily playing source, happily on my c2q 6600 when suddnely pc died.

tried to up the voltage, thought it may be a stability issue (although proved stable in benchmarks)

winwdows wouldnt boot.

decided to drop it to default in bios and still wouldnt boot windows.

CPU Was previously running 3026Mhz - memory around 1062Mhz DDR2

Mem volts @ 2.2V - CPU Vcore was about 1.45

Temp on load around 57 degrees. (stock cooling)

NOW

Reset BIOS and pc still wont boot, and i got a message at bios earlier saying Inoperable CPU, please edit Softmenu settings in BIOS.

Tried playing around, it gets to the windows xp loading screen and crashes.

got it last week and running on an IP35 Vanilla by Abit.

Memory is Corsair XMS2 6400C4 stuff running fine too.

GPU is 8800GTS 640Mb Ed.

Any ideas people?

Its the B3 stepping.
 
its not from overclockers, but ill be okay just resetting the cpu settings to default and sending it back to the vendor for rma?
 
its a bit unusual for a cpu to die, but it has happened (vapour matts - think)

you sure it is the cpu, are you able to try it in a friends pc?
 
well it was when i changed the cpu voltage. also when bios loaded it came up that inoperable CPU message.

cpu is cold booting at 1.6ghz per core also, and thats default settings in BIOS.

dnt think ive got another machine to try it in :\ doubt it would be anything else tho, unless it could be the graphics card since when it boots windows it just dies on the loading screen.
 
IF your cpu was dead it wouldn't even boot into bios. Much more likely the motherboard is fubar or your windows install.
 
I'd agree with w3bbo. I would try to test the CPU in a different machine, or test the mobo in a different machine before RMA'ing your CPU and maybe finding out that it's fine and you have to cough up cash.
 
thats not true!! i could load into bios and everythink, but when it come to booting windows it would freeze! and it was my CPU
 
Looks like windows may be screwed due to the crash (improper shut down). Boot the PC with XP CD, go in to the repair console & run CHKDSK /P. This should fix your problem (if its a screwed OS).

Then again 1.45v on stock cooling???? *SHOCKED*
 
Joop said:
thats not true!! i could load into bios and everythink, but when it come to booting windows it would freeze! and it was my CPU
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The bios will put just as much strain on your cpu than loading an OS. If it boots into bios but wont load the OS it aint dead a PC will refuse to function with a dead cpu. Damaged maybe but not dead. A dead CPU won't POST simple as. I'm not saying it isn't the cpu thats causing the problem, it could well be but its very unlikely given that you can get the pc to post.
 
CPU Was previously running 3026Mhz - memory around 1062Mhz DDR2
Memory is Corsair XMS2 6400C4 stuff running fine too.

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I didnt know pc6400 ran at pc8500 speeds. (1066.7) (could be your memory)
 
i read a review on it and heard it would go upto that stable. any higher it was causing issues.

ill defo have a play around and see if i can resolve the issue without rma'ing parts. memory is testing fine at post also, ill update in an hour or so

thanks for all your input guys its been great!
 
okay thats weird.

put the computer horizonatally on my desk, plugged in a ps2 keyboard and monitor.

removed one ram stick to inspect it, then replaced it.

noticed a 4 pin male molex on the mobo above the graphics card that had ATX4P1 Next to it. stuck a molex onto it and away she went fine and dandy...

strange strange computer.

one other thing tho, when rebooting or turning the machine on, it powers up for about 3-4 seconds with no post. then turns off for a few secs then turns back on and posts.

any idea why? this is when i reboot & start the machine up.
 
So here's a question ?

It's a quad core chip, what if 2 of the core have died but the other 2 work ok, will this kill the whole chip or give this problem that the thread starter is getting ???
 
doubt it, im running super PI just now, speed fan is recognising temps okay, and super PI has the application spread out over all 4 cores, full cpu running at 25%.
 
We just recently had a Core2Quad Q6600 fail on us.
We purchased enough kit to build 5 identical PC's - which we did.
As these were for a work environment everything was running at stock.
A few days and one of the machines started showing a few issues until the point where a Kernel Panic during the Debian boot-cycle would halt the machine.

We tried replacing various bits & pieces, however in the end we got to a situation where the machine would boot fine with another Core2Quad Q6600 but as soon as you put the original one we purchased in we got a Kernel Panic.

This is only the second ever faulty Intel CPU I've seen (in the 14 years I've been working in the computing industry - I count all of the P90's as faulty because of their floating point issue, so they don't count) but it does happen.
 
i see :|

well NOW whats happening, (everything at stock) the windows loading screen is now completeing, but it wont boot into windows, and when it does it crashes when booted. i.e. unable to use keyboard/mouse etc.

really strange :| checked voltages earlier when i got in, 12 volt rails solid, and vcore seems fine too, sits at 1.2-1.3
 
assuming this may be a faulty part of my cpu, is there anyway i can run the cpu to 100% each core? least then ill be able to see if infact the cpu is an issue.

super pi wont run multiple times and only gets cpu to 30%

EDIT ::

Okay could this be a disk issue? ive got a 250gb sata 2 hdd running with 3 partitions. but now its showing my 3 partitions + 2 new unpartitioned spaces, 1 for 4294767299MB (holy ****) and another for 199998Mb (free 200gb cool!)

ive currently got 3 partitions, one for windows 9994Mb, another for my games 199997Mb nd another for backup 28475Mb

think it could be a hdd issue?
 
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