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Hi,
I need to get my PC working and am about to order some stuff. However, i want to make sure that i have done everything i can first.
Right,
I did have this spec:
e2160 @3.5ghz w/ Tuniq Tower.
2gb 800mhz DDR2 geil RAM
X1950pro 512mb.
Abit Ip-35e
Now, one day I turned on my comp and it wouldnt boot. I got the ol' 'fans spin but nothing happens' syndrome. Now I've bought another mobo, psu and cpu.
However it still doesnt work, nor can i get the mobo to post. I've RMA'd a motherboard to see if i accidently fried both of them as i used the original PSU on both of them. It came back and OCuk said they found no fault.
So i know it can't be the mobo. My question is that is it possible that if the heatsink wasn't making good contact that the CPU could have been killed? I thought Core2's would turn themselves off if at excessive temperatures?
All i can think of is that i have destroyed both CPU's by not fitting the heatsink properly... (Tuniq tower is very hard to get on, and i notice it wasnt making proper contact with the north of the CPU...)
I have tried cold booting out of the case with just the CPU and MOBO but i get no POST, so it must be the CPU right?
So before i order a new CPU is there anything else that could have gone wrong, and is it possible to kill CPU's by not having the heatsink make good contact?
I'm in a internet cafe lol, so if i could get answers quickly it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
I need to get my PC working and am about to order some stuff. However, i want to make sure that i have done everything i can first.
Right,
I did have this spec:
e2160 @3.5ghz w/ Tuniq Tower.
2gb 800mhz DDR2 geil RAM
X1950pro 512mb.
Abit Ip-35e
Now, one day I turned on my comp and it wouldnt boot. I got the ol' 'fans spin but nothing happens' syndrome. Now I've bought another mobo, psu and cpu.
However it still doesnt work, nor can i get the mobo to post. I've RMA'd a motherboard to see if i accidently fried both of them as i used the original PSU on both of them. It came back and OCuk said they found no fault.
So i know it can't be the mobo. My question is that is it possible that if the heatsink wasn't making good contact that the CPU could have been killed? I thought Core2's would turn themselves off if at excessive temperatures?
All i can think of is that i have destroyed both CPU's by not fitting the heatsink properly... (Tuniq tower is very hard to get on, and i notice it wasnt making proper contact with the north of the CPU...)
I have tried cold booting out of the case with just the CPU and MOBO but i get no POST, so it must be the CPU right?
So before i order a new CPU is there anything else that could have gone wrong, and is it possible to kill CPU's by not having the heatsink make good contact?
I'm in a internet cafe lol, so if i could get answers quickly it would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Dan
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