I think I killed it. *IT LIVES!!!*

[blue]

Swapped the CPU and it works.

Looks like tomorrow Ill be picking up a new motherboard and thermal paste from the local shop.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Are you /sure/ its a CPU issue? The PSU gets tested in POST too. Try putting the CPU into a different computer - it wont hurt the other computer, CPUs dont fry mobos. I'm suspecting that it is the PSU, CPUs don't frequently just up and die like that, and the PSU is almost always stressed. Either that or your just utterly dominated your mobo.

Thats exactly what I was thinking too, AMDs tend not to up and just die...*although Ive seen it happen due to overheating*

Looks like you have a bad mobo if the new PSU did the same thing.

[blue]

Its a good thing I dont need a fancy MB, hopefully by tomorrow night I can have both comps running, cleaned up, and all the monitors working.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Glad you found the culprit! MBs seem to be getting cheaper and cheaper nowdays I swear. My mobo fried because some jerk at Emachines thought that overtighning the cpu heatsink clamps was a good idea. I found out that it was tightened so much that it warped my MB and some of the resistors fried.

Tis the bane of using refurbished although hubby just got a new set up and is already having hardware issues. Asus says "its just the way that board is" and I'm all "you put out bad hardware on purpose?!?" Sigh...

[blue]

Here is hoping it is the MoBo and not something sneaky.

Im gonna get an external harddrive enclosure as well, Ill use an external drive to store the disc image for future restores so I dont have to rebuild from scratch.

[Medusa]

A resurrection! And just in time for Easter! Good for you, blue!

[blue]

New motherboard, its a cheapy but it works. Still dont have the third monitor working but it LIVES AGAIN.

[DJFyrewolf36]

I about myself looking at new mobos online...computer parts have gotten WAY too expensive lol.

People wonder why I upgrated my old beast instead of going for a top of the line model. My upgrade cost me a little under $100 and it plays the games I want it to (which are a lot lol) just fine!

Glad to see ya up and running again blue!

[blue]

I about myself looking at new mobos online...computer parts have gotten WAY too expensive lol.

People wonder why I upgrated my old beast instead of going for a top of the line model. My upgrade cost me a little under $100 and it plays the games I want it to (which are a lot lol) just fine!

Glad to see ya up and running again blue!

$68 for the new MoBo. AND I JUST GOT THE THIRD MONITOR WORKING AGAIN!!!! I r happy.

[blue]

The MoBo is a POS but it works. I get the BSOD every week or so, but all I have to do is swap the SATA cable to the other SATA slot on the MoBo and it works for a week or so.

[Hellow]

The MoBo is a POS but it works. I get the BSOD every week or so, but all I have to do is swap the SATA cable to the other SATA slot on the MoBo and it works for a week or so.

Yay for screwed up SATA controllers. Be glad that you didnt do this to your CPU: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...04704265757054