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CPU Trouble... (i think)

You've tried 2 motherboards, 1 of which you know works (from a friends pc).
You've tried 2 CPUs, one half works, one doesn't.
You've tried 2 PSUs, which appear to both work.
You've tried 2 GPUs, which I doubt are both dead.
The RAM seems to work via memtest. (Though I wouldn't necessarily trust that.)

Regardless of the hardware you're using, you get the same problem. So the only options are that something is wrong with the RAM you're using that isn't coming up on the memtest, or you're installing hardware wrongly.

Edit: As a sidenote, with the newest BIOS, that motherboard should support either of those CPUs.
 
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Both CPU's half work now... the BIOS update brought the 45nm processor into play... but exact same issues.

This different mobo im 80% sure about, it was faultlessly in use for a year, been in a box for about 3 months now not being used.

The first GPU is dead for certain, wont even show a screen on the different mobo.
Was the first thing to go... errors with display drivers and then more frequent BSODS. Then nothing.

Is it likely there is a fault with both sticks of RAM? Tried both in various slots and as individual sticks?

Installing hardware in the wrong manner is possible... but not the first PC I've built and upgraded plenty (family/friends etc)

This one has me baffled though.
 
It is unlikely that both sticks of RAM are dead, you'd most likely get no post rather than blue screens if they were completely dead.

As far as I can see, both those motherboards support both the processors you have, but there's a long list of motherboard component quality issues across numerous forums concerning the Abit IP35-e. On the other hand, the EVGA 650i ultra is a solid board, and if it worked then and was stored reasonably, it should work fine now.

Can't really imagine a situation where 2 motherboards and 2 processors which worked fine would suddenly be completely incapable of working with one another. The chances are pretty slim. I expect something you're not thinking of is playing a large part in this, rather than purely numerous sudden hardware failings.

Kind of lost myself here. D:

There is of course a chance that there is a problem with the hard drive. Especially if you're getting BSODs only after the initial post. Can only suggest hijacking your mates computer and try the hardware piece by piece in his PC, if it's compatible. Apart from that, you may have to bite the bullet and pay a spotty teenager in your local store to break more of it whilst attempting to work it out. :)
 
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Yes was my thoughts with the RAM?

The newer 4nm processor wont boot at all in the 650i... gonna flash the bios and see if that helps and see if that fixes the issues..

Thing with both CPU's in the old mobo is that they both bring up the same error message? CPU unworkable or has been changed.

Googled this error and it just leads me to everything i have tried? reseating the CPU... resetting the CMOS etc? Most people with this error dont get the BSODS in accompaniment... or only get them after BIOS changes? But after a lot of overclocking i have never received this message once? Was only after the change of GPU?

Lost me aswell mate... infuriating as the how setup seems to run stable... but wont boot any games? :/ and will BSOD and varying times, no pattern.
 
Edit - Just read somewhere that it could be the battery on the mobo being dead? (not sure what the battery is for... CMOS is done by jumpers now? or is the battery still involved?)
 
It appears that its the mobo at fault, however I would not be surprised if it could still be something to do with the RAM, as I had the same sticks myself and found them to be very temperamental.
 
I have got the old CPU working... and re-clocked to 3.4ghz in the 650i...
Was the RAM voltage, needed 2.1 and was only supplying 1.8 ... odd as it always supplied enough when I owned it before? :/
Something minor I just kept missing... checked voltage so many times!

Will be looking into this on the IP35-e now... Might just work!

But for now I can game again! On a stable machine!

Thanks for all the tips and pointers!

Although i managed to corrupted all the data on my HDD.. just didn't like all the crashes :/
No Backup either... silly me!
 
Just finished reading this thread. When you try the different CPUs I take you are applying thermal paste correctly? Does the cpu fan spin? Could this be partly due to cpu overheating?
 
Yep all fans spin, TP is applied as a small pea in the middle of the cpu..

When in windows Coretemp is showing me decent idle and load temps.

650i works... E2160 works...
RAM works... GPU works...

IP35-e still have no clue... E6500 unsure aswell.
 
downclock the ram to 666mhz and loosen the timing a lot, also how many slots of ram are you using, i heard 4 sticks is hard to take on a lot of mobos!

I have 4x1gb of memory on the mobo and if the timings go **** up i have to use one of my brothers sticks of different memory to get back into my bios then change memory settings, shutdown then put my 4 sticks back in, then all is fine.

memory is a funny.. wait what was i saying :)
 
In my IP35 i had to always run the RAM at 2.1v (although that might just have been the RAM i was using Geil Platinum), worth also trying that. If on the other board its now requiring 2.1v it may be a sign that the RAM is struggling a little and just requires a bit more juice.

Also bear in mind that sometimes motherboards overvolt, and sometimes this is fixed by a BIOS update, so the latest bios might mean that its corrected the RAM voltage and that the RAM is getting less than it previopusly was?

Worth a try anyway,

Best of luck mate, theres nothing worse than a fault that seems to make no sense. A nighmare to diagnose and fix.

E-I
 
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