Right, so I'm having some computer troubles. I've just bought and attempted to upgrade from an AMD 3200+ 64 to a 3800+ X2 (939), and now my PC is not posting. My old CPU won't work either, so I don't think that's the problem, unless I somehow managed to fry both of them. I've tried it with one stick of RAM, with no luck, as well as each stick individually in each socket, and it's still not booting, and it's not even beeping, even with no RAM at all. There is a speaker connected. Because of all this, I'm almost certain its the Mobo that is having trouble, but if anyone has any takes on it, it would be greatly appreciated. Spec: ASRock 939dual-SATA2 Antec 550W PSU, came with case HIS X1800GTO 4 x 512MB GeIL ValueRam AMD 3800+ X2 (939) Anyone got any ideas? Thanks
Sorry if this seems a dumb question, but I take it you've applied thermal compound to the die of the CPU or made sure a thermal pad is present on the underside of the heatsink? I was so eager to get a new CPU in once, that I forgot the thermal paste and experienced the problems you have described!
Providing you have an internal speaker plugged in (or possibly external. I'm not sure), then you should hear a beep with an error message saying there is no CPU I think. I bought a new motherboard from Novatech and experienced the same problem, and they've tested it and confirmed it's faulty and have sent another one. I'd try it with no CPU if I were you to start with, I guess you did de-static beforehand?
Yeah, I've applied some thermal paste, and I did try running the PC with no processor, and I still got no beeps. I thought it might just be a faulty speaker, but I confirmed that it wasn't so something is definitely up. I'm really starting to think that a new motherboard will be the way to go...
hmm, check the pins! sounds like you may have accidently put a pin out of allignment when re-installing the cpu
