New chip doing nowt...

[ALLI]

Just tried a new chip that I got off ebay. The chap has 80 odd of these chips so I thought I'd give it a go.

I took out an athlon 64 3000+ 512k cache (desktop cpu) and replaced it with an athlon 64 3400 with 1meg cache (mobile cpu).

The computer doesn't POST or allow me to get into the BIOS. There's power to HDD's and fans but the chip doesnt seem to want to work.

The mobo is using a manufacturers BIOS and should allow chips up to 3400+

Any ideas??

 

[ALLI]

No its modded, with a "lid"

As i said, this guy has 80 or so of them. don't see why it wouldnt work - the only real diff is the fact it has 1meg cache - biostar's site says the board supports chips up to 3700+ and this is a 3400.

 

[ALLI]

Wasn't meant for clocking - just fancied the chip. Impulse buy. He's sold loads of them so I think it's more likely a problem with my current spec.

Anyway, have sacked it off and bought a whole new system - see the "oh no another spec me" thread to see what I've gone for.