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Suspected dead 2600k CPU

so have you tried it with 1 stick of memory on its own then the other?

never mind just seen your latest post

did you have a play with the mem ok button?

also just because it does the same thing with memory in or out doesnt mean it isnt the memory, mobo's are complicated things. if you can be arsed to put he cpu back in, you should try either of your g-skills on their own just to rule it out
 
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I'll try giving that a blast I guess. I had a play with the Mem OK! button but it didn't seem to make any difference at all.
 
I think it just blinked, if memory serves. To be honest I didn't even really understand what it was supposed to do. Either way it didn't change anything on the Q-code LCD thing.

I forgot to mention - if its important - there's a strip of LEDs near the ATX power socket, one for CPU, one for memory, one for VGA and one for "boot device". The only one that lights up is the CPU one, which is bright red and never goes out. The others never illuminate.
 
just downloaded the manual, is there any chance of taking a decent picture when turned on with whatever lights are on, manual shows quite a few leds on the board which signifies stuff. if you could just create the issue again then take a pic of the full board so i can have a look, a close pic would be better. i fully understand if you cant be arsed
 
have you deffos put the noctua fan plug into the 4 pin cpu fan connector and not the 4 pin power fan connecter as they are right next to each other
 
I'll see if I can get a photo of the LEDs. From memory the only ones lit is an orange one at the bottom which shows which BIOS is being used, and the red CPU_LED next to the ATX power socket.

And yes, CPU fan was in the CPU fan header. :(
 
Someone was saying on the net that 00 code ment cpu lorry. his cpu turned out to be bust.26k too
still don't lose hope
 
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Should find out definitively tonight, Speed has very kindly offered to help me diagnose the problem using his equipment. :) Will update thread later for any interested parties.
 
Conclusion: CPU is dead

Went to see Speed (absolute star) who popped my CPU in a MSI board he already had up and running with another i7-2600k when I got there. Booted it and all it did was constantly power off and on, never POST'd.

To be absolutely sure he also stuck it in another known-working PC (also a i7-2600k) with an ASUS Sabertooth P67 motherboard. Same result - no POST or beeps whatsoever.

So that's two completely different motherboards, two seperate sets of memory, two known previously working systems and my CPU wouldn't work in either of them.

Big thanks to Speed for his invaluable help in helping me diagnose this problem.
 
Yeah it's good news that I've finally found out what's wrong, Speed was very helpful..

Unfortunately I've been told I'd have to wait 28 days for a replacement! Pretty annoyed at that to be honest but what can you do.

Word to the wise - make sure you're not unlucky enough to get a duff CPU unless you want to be without a PC for a month (unless you fork out for another chip)
 
I know how you feel. Im in the same boat m8. not sure if its my cpu mobo or ram thats died. I added another 480gtx to pc and it borked it somehow. tried psu and 480's one of which is dead. I was thinking it was probably the motherboard that had died but after reading this maybe its the cpu:confused:. Mine wont boot either jut keep looping a restart like a cold boot every few seconds and cant get into bios or get anything on screen.
 
Durzel said:
Yeah it's good news that I've finally found out what's wrong, Speed was very helpful..

Unfortunately I've been told I'd have to wait 28 days for a replacement! Pretty annoyed at that to be honest but what can you do.

Word to the wise - make sure you're not unlucky enough to get a duff CPU unless you want to be without a PC for a month (unless you fork out for another chip)
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28 days seems excessive no? I mean its not like you can repair a CPU (can you ??)

perhaps Intel have to test first?
 
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