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Offline bagtagsell

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cpu dead? or something else
« on: March 28, 2004, 08:23:57 PM »
hey, I was tooling around with my computer this weekend, and now whenever I push the power button the cpu fan spends for a second and then nothing.  I accidentially put the ram in the wrong way, so I flipped them.  Did i damage it?  Is this the issue?  It doesnt even make the startup beep.
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Re:cpu dead? or something else
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2004, 08:57:58 PM »
it's possible you damaged it but i would say that is not likely.  I would recommend ripping everything out and starting w/ cpu and ram to see if you can get it to make the POST beep.  then begin to add cards/drives one by one.
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2004, 10:37:51 PM »
Quote from: bagtagsell on March 28, 2004, 08:23:57 PM
hey, I was tooling around with my computer this weekend, and now whenever I push the power button the cpu fan spends for a second and then nothing.  I accidentially put the ram in the wrong way, so I flipped them.  Did i damage it?  Is this the issue?  It doesnt even make the startup beep.

unless your running a ancient 386/486 with SIMMS, it's impossible to install RAM backwards.
even with SIMMS it would be a severe challenge to do so
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2004, 01:57:24 AM »
turns out it was the power supply...300 watts couldnt cut it anymore
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Re:cpu dead? or something else
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2004, 07:56:41 PM »
Quote from: bagtagsell on March 29, 2004, 01:57:24 AM
turns out it was the power supply...300 watts couldnt cut it anymore

I seriously doubt it was the wattage.  Unless you're running an Athlon 64 with 15000 rpm hard drives and the latest video card, 300 watts is enough.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2004, 08:55:36 PM »
i dunno man, a cheap 300w ps just wont work with some stuff.  I had to go to a 400w anatec to get my p4 1.6 going with 2 hd's and they were just 7200 rpm drives.
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2004, 09:16:36 PM »
Adding an extra stick of RAM won't put you over the brink though. Its possible something bad happened when they were installed backwards...
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Re:cpu dead? or something else
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2004, 09:20:07 PM »
HOW oh HOW can you even come remotly close to installing ram backwards?  its physically impossible.  You would either a. ruin the ram stick or 2. ruin your mb.   I am thinking it was never a ram problem in the beginning.  most likely a powersupply problem.  Cheap powersupplys can kill a computer under any circumstances.  I always try to stick with a name brand, and something recommended by the mb company and/or the chip company...
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« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2004, 10:48:39 PM »
Easy. If you don't pay close enough attention it can appear that the DIMM is installed while its really backwards & partially in the socket.

I never said it was totally in the socket, nor did he. Besides, he's cooking his processor.
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Re:cpu dead? or something else
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2004, 12:54:22 AM »
Quote from: Blake Spector on March 29, 2004, 08:55:36 PM
i dunno man, a cheap 300w ps just wont work with some stuff.  I had to go to a 400w anatec to get my p4 1.6 going with 2 hd's and they were just 7200 rpm drives.

Of course a cheap power supply won't work.  That's my whole point... cheap.  I doubt you needed a 400w but it's always nice to have the extra headroom :D
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Re:cpu dead? or something else
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2004, 12:55:23 AM »
Quote from: mirth on March 29, 2004, 10:48:39 PM
Besides, he's cooking his processor.

How did you come to this conclusion? nm, found it.
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