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Title: cpu dead? or something else
Post by: 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.
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: fozzy 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.
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: nic 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
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: bagtagsell on March 29, 2004, 01:57:24 AM: turns out it was the power supply...300 watts couldnt cut it anymore
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: mgleason007 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.
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: jpschust 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.
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: mirth 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...
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: BJ 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...
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: mirth 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.
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: mgleason007 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
Title: Re:cpu dead? or something else
Post by: mgleason007 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.