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E8400 - Dead on Arrival?

Agent0range

Agent0range

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Hi guys,

I've recently bought an E8400 from OcUK to upgrade from my E2180. I installed the new processor, booted up and thought I was away and sorted and looking forward to getting dirty over clocking this E0 stepping CPU.

However, as soon as I put the CPU in and booted, I went straight to the BIOS to verify my processor was picked up. It was and my ABIT IP35-E was showing the processor with the correct name and speed. In the hardware monitor section of my BIOS however, it was registering at 98 degrees C!

I cleared the CMOS, booted back up and this time went straight to windows rather than check again in the BIOS. No such luck - blue screen after the Vista progress bar comes up again, and that's as far as I seem to be able to get. I thought it might have been my heatsink not fitted correctly, so checked that and it was fine. I then thought it might be my BIOS file out of date, so flashed it to version 18 (latest version from ABIT) but still the same behaviour - 98 degrees in the BIOS hardware monitor and unable to boot to windows with a blue screen after the Vista progress bar.

So, does this processor sound dead to you? I currently don't have any other system I can test the processor in to verify if it is indeed DOA or not :(

Any help would be appreciated.

My specs are: ABIT IP35-E (with latest BIOS version), 4Gb GeIL Ultra Low Latency PC6400 DDR2 RAM, Vista 64 Home Premium, XFX ATi 4870 1Gb

EDIT: Reading on t'internet that quite a number of people have managed to get an E8400 working with the IP35-E's. Some out of the box, some with BIOS update - leads me to think this may be DOA even more. Might be worth returning to OcUK and swapping for an E5200 or something.
 
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Clairvoyant said:
It should I have the first revision in my IP35 Pro. Im sure a stepping revion is not that much difference in CHIP tech.
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It can make a big difference actually.


RJC said:
Looking at the Abit website your cpu is still under test - since July.
http://www.abit.com.tw/cpu-support-list/mb/intel_p35_ip35-e.htm

Is there a possibility to check your cpu in another motherboard and double check the HSF is installed ok.
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It's not going to change from testing as Abit has gone. Good advice about testing in another board. I doubt if it's the cpu at fault.
 
I would say the chip is ok, had the same on my rampage formula board needed a bios update to read temp correctly.

mine was an e8600 and the board said that was at 98c, it ran other 45mn chips just this one threw it.
 
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