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Gigabyte 8ik1100 BURNING UP after memory upgrade



 
 
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Old January 7th 05, 08:10 AM
sixstring77
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Default Gigabyte 8ik1100 BURNING UP after memory upgrade

I think I broke it. Here's what I did. I have a Gigabyte 8ik1100.
It was working great but like an idiot I had to upgrade. I was
running a P4 2.53 with 1 gig (2x512) pc2700. No problems. I upgraded
to a P4 3.0c last week no problems. Just got a deal on some Kingston
HyperX pc3200 so I could run the new cpu at fsb 800mhz. Slapped the
new RAM in this morning before work thinking no problem. I didn't
even check to see if it would boot into XP, I went right to the BIOS
and noticed in auto mode the RAM timings weren't detected at what they
were supposed to be (CAS was 2.5 etc...) so I changed them manually to
what the RAM was supposed to be. Thats when the problems started.

I couldn't even get through POST after that. I kept getting constant
quick beeps. I swapped back the old RAM and same thing. I swapped
back old CPU since I know the old RAM and old CPU work together and
then I was able to get a POST and into BIOS and changed everything
back into failsafe. Now here is the really wierd part. My CPU temp
is out of this world. I can go into BIOS and watch under the PC
Health menu as my CPU temp climbs up past 70 degree C. This is
verified by a digital temp readout on the front of the case from a
different sensor (Thermaltake Lanfire case).

It seemed to me this was a voltage issue so I swapped out power
sources and still the same problem. All voltages are set to auto in
Bios. No matter which CPU or RAM I use the temp starts to climb as
soon as I turn on the power. This is with the Thermaltake CPU cooler
running at full speed under zero load. I even tried setting the CPU
voltage very low in BIOS and tried booting from the backup BIOS. I
also reset everything by pulling the batter. I have unhooked all
peripherals. I can get into BIOS with both CPUS and with either set
of RAM. According to BIOS everthing is reading normal. I can't boot
into XP cause my SATA drive is screwed up now too. I have to shut
down after a couple minutes of tinkering and let the CPU cool down or
risk melting it. How the hell did I screw everything up by upgrading
my RAM? Was the Hyperx bad? I feel sick to my stomach cause there
was nothing wrong with it in the first place.

Any ideas, I'm guessing a new motherboard is in order. Will the
hyperx ruin a new one too?

Thanks

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Old January 7th 05, 02:23 PM
David Maynard
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sixstring77 wrote:

I think I broke it. Here's what I did. I have a Gigabyte 8ik1100.
It was working great but like an idiot I had to upgrade. I was
running a P4 2.53 with 1 gig (2x512) pc2700. No problems. I upgraded
to a P4 3.0c last week no problems. Just got a deal on some Kingston
HyperX pc3200 so I could run the new cpu at fsb 800mhz. Slapped the
new RAM in this morning before work thinking no problem. I didn't
even check to see if it would boot into XP, I went right to the BIOS
and noticed in auto mode the RAM timings weren't detected at what they
were supposed to be (CAS was 2.5 etc...) so I changed them manually to
what the RAM was supposed to be. Thats when the problems started.

I couldn't even get through POST after that. I kept getting constant
quick beeps. I swapped back the old RAM and same thing. I swapped
back old CPU since I know the old RAM and old CPU work together and
then I was able to get a POST and into BIOS and changed everything
back into failsafe. Now here is the really wierd part. My CPU temp
is out of this world. I can go into BIOS and watch under the PC
Health menu as my CPU temp climbs up past 70 degree C. This is
verified by a digital temp readout on the front of the case from a
different sensor (Thermaltake Lanfire case).

It seemed to me this was a voltage issue so I swapped out power
sources and still the same problem. All voltages are set to auto in
Bios. No matter which CPU or RAM I use the temp starts to climb as
soon as I turn on the power. This is with the Thermaltake CPU cooler
running at full speed under zero load. I even tried setting the CPU
voltage very low in BIOS and tried booting from the backup BIOS. I
also reset everything by pulling the batter. I have unhooked all
peripherals. I can get into BIOS with both CPUS and with either set
of RAM. According to BIOS everthing is reading normal. I can't boot
into XP cause my SATA drive is screwed up now too. I have to shut
down after a couple minutes of tinkering and let the CPU cool down or
risk melting it. How the hell did I screw everything up by upgrading
my RAM? Was the Hyperx bad? I feel sick to my stomach cause there
was nothing wrong with it in the first place.


What are you using to clean the old thermal compound off the heatsink and
what thermal compound are you reapplying each time you swap the CPUs around?

Any ideas, I'm guessing a new motherboard is in order.


I'm guessing that some thermal compound on the heatsink is in order. Or a
recheck on how the heatsink it being attached to the CPU.

Will the
hyperx ruin a new one too?


No, and the hyperx isn't the problem.


Thanks


 




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