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Gigabyte 8ik1100 BURNING UP after hyperx 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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sixstring77:
I can go into BIOS and watch under the PC Health menu as my CPU temp climbs up past 70 degree C. http://www.directron.com/p4install.html -- Mac Cool |
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