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Via P4MA Pro
I recently purchased the Via P4MA Pro mainboard and installed an Intel
2.0 Ghz Celeron processor in it. The mainboard comes with an integrated ProSavage video card and also has a slot for an AGP video card. I installed the mainboard into a brand new chassis, attached the power supply, the lines for the LEDs and the fans, the harddrive, the floppy, etc. After I attached the monitor, I booted the machine up. During the first boot, I did not have the heatsink attached properly. The power supply engaged properly, the fan on the heat sink turned on as did the other fans in the chassis. The LEDs on the front of the panel lit up as well. However, the board did not appear to emit a video signal. The monitor behaved as if it was not receiving any signal. The machine did not perform a POST and the hard drive spun once when its turned on and then idled. Suspecting that the BIOS was configured to look for a card in the AGP slot and to not use the onboard VGA card, I shut the machine down, reset the CMOS and booted the machine again. This did not resolve the issue. My question to the group: based on the information I have provided above, is it possible that my new processor is hosed or is it more likely to be a faulty mainboard? I've scoured the newsgroups for others who share my symptoms but have had little success. I called Via's tech support and was forwarded to the general mailbox. I've tried calling them repeatedly and still can't reach a human. Intel's tech support was a little more helpful in that the technician discounted the possibility that I may have fried my processor (remember, the heatsink was not on for the first boot) since the thermal protection built in the chip should have shut the chip down before I caused any damage. Any suggestions anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated! I've hit a wall as far as ideas are concerned. Thanks, Chris |
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Chris Lobdell wrote:
I recently purchased the Via P4MA Pro mainboard I'm sorry.. Intel's tech support was a little more helpful in that the technician discounted the possibility that I may have fried my processor (remember, the heatsink was not on for the first boot) since the thermal protection built in the chip should have shut the chip down before I caused any damage. Yep they have temp throttling which will keep them from roasting.. -- Stacey |
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I m sorry but your CPU is DEAD because newer startup your system without
heatsink, do not trust de overhead protect of your mobo becaouse he isnt made for cpu s without heatsink , so buy a new cpu (i m sure about this beacuse i made the same stupid mistake) "Stacey" schreef in bericht ... Chris Lobdell wrote: I recently purchased the Via P4MA Pro mainboard I'm sorry.. Intel's tech support was a little more helpful in that the technician discounted the possibility that I may have fried my processor (remember, the heatsink was not on for the first boot) since the thermal protection built in the chip should have shut the chip down before I caused any damage. Yep they have temp throttling which will keep them from roasting.. -- Stacey |
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#Webmaster# wrote:
I m sorry but your CPU is DEAD because newer startup your system without heatsink, do not trust de overhead protect of your mobo becaouse he isnt made for cpu s without heatsink , so buy a new cpu (i m sure about this beacuse i made the same stupid mistake) He's talking about a P4 NOT an AMD.. -- Stacey |
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:52:21 -0400, Stacey wrote:
#Webmaster# wrote: I m sorry but your CPU is DEAD because newer startup your system without heatsink, do not trust de overhead protect of your mobo becaouse he isnt made for cpu s without heatsink , so buy a new cpu (i m sure about this beacuse i made the same stupid mistake) He's talking about a P4 NOT an AMD.. The P4 thermal diode is not intended, can't be relied upon, to save a processor that's powered up without a heatsink. The P4 is less likey to instantly fry because of the heat spreader, but this isn't always good enough, and the rapid thermal change may actually pop-off that spreader in the middle, leaving a gap between it and the core. Dave |
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