Siliconhills,
That's a good point, when I get home today I'll double check it. The original CPU's FSB was 800MHz which the mobo supports so I don't think that's the problem.
I'm going to take the computer apart tonight and see if I can figure out what is causing the problem.
It didn't use much force, the heatsink that was on there used 'springs' where you pushed down on two button/springs, tilted the heatsink in the opposite direction, then did the same thing to the other side to remove the heatsink. When I tilted the heatsink to the side it took the processor with...
The reason I changed out the CPU was because my girlfriend's computer was randomly shutting down. I posted on here and most people suggested that it was heat related. I went and bought a Zalman's heatsink to change out the CPU heatsink but when I removed the old heatsink it pulled the...
Antec 350W PS...
128mb GeForce 4 (Generic)
I don't think it's a power issue otherwise it would have done this before... this just started happening after I changed the CPU
I had to change the CPU on my girlfriend's computer (long story). Anyway, I changed the CPU out without incident but now when I turn the computer on it doesn't boot up. Everything seems to turn on as normal but I can't hear the HD spinning etc. I've tried resetting the bios but that didn't...
I went to Fry's today and bought the Zalman ALCU 7000B heatsink, but I think I made my problem worse. When I tried to remove the heatsink that was attached to the CPU... the heatsink came off but pulled the CPU off with it. After I cleaned off the CPU I tried to put it back on the mobo but it...
I'm thinking it is a mounting problem too. The thermal paste was bought at CompUSA too, I don't remember the brand. I have taken the heatsink off twice since I added it and both times the thermal paste has evaporated (which gave me more reasons to think it's a mounting issue).
As far as...
I have a computer with a 3 GHz P4 CPU.. the CPU came with the Intel included heatsink/fan but I accidentally broke a little plastic clip off of it when I was removing the heatsink to troubleshoot another problem. I went to CompUSA and bought a MadDog heatsink that would work with the CPU but...
bump.... I accidentally bumped the thread I had a while ago with the problems...
Update: The mobo is an Elite Group PT800CE-A from Fry's
XP Professional
The temp inside the case is running in the high 60's / low 70's F
I built my gf a computer a while back, she kept having problems with it would randomly reboot with no warning. I finally narrowed it down that the power supply was probably the culprit so upgraded the power supply from the cheap one that came with the case. After I did this I ran/used the...
I tried to check out everything to make sure no live wires were touching anything metal etc. I already removed the case fan, etc to see if that was the cause to no avail. Tomorrow I plan on unplugging everything and working my way out until I can indentify the problem. Thanks for all the help.
I built a computer for my girlfriend, she had been having some heat issues with it so I added another case fan last night. It started up fine after I added the fan, then I moved the computer to another outlet so I could hook up the keyboard, monitor, etc... since I've moved it everytime I hit...
I work for a company that built the online site and I am on a project right now with Blockbuster to improve their service. If you tried the subscription service when it first came out then you are really missing out on the improvements in service Blockbuster has made by opening an additional 12...
I recently built a PC for my girlfriend, when I initially installed and configured everything I didn't have any problems. Since she took it home and installed a few applications (AOL) she has been having constant problems with the PC resetting itself. Here are the PC specs as best I can...
I'd jump on this deal while you can, I'm working on a project with Blockbuster that will result in a major change in the way BB fills the online orders. Once this project is complete Netflix won't be able to compete with Blockbuster.
Thanks, LTC8K6... I successfully reset my BIOS, I don't think I did anything wrong when I changed the BIOS settings because I just changed the BIOS settings to the "fail safe" option and I had the same problem with my monitor. You think my video card could be the culprit in all of these problems?
I've been building a PC and I kept getting an IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error everytime I'd be closed to finishing the XP Professional install. I did some reading online and narrowed down the list of things that I thought could potentially be causing the problem. I thought the problem might be the...
OK, I got everything working, it ended up being a short-circuit. One of the springy contacts was barely touching the LAN port and was causing everything to short out. Thanks mechBgon for all the help.
One of my friends lost their computer in an electrical storm but they had some pictures on their hard drive that they wanted to try to recover. What is the best way to go about trying to recover any of the data on the hard drive. I've already taken the hard drive out of the case and everything...
Ok.. I have a little progress ...
I had assumed that the color coded wires on the case matched the color coded pins on the mobo to hook up the start button etc.... needless to say upon closer inspection that was not the case.
Once I hooked everything up and hit the power the button the...
I promised my friend that I would build her a computer so I went to Fry's last week and got all of the components, I built the PC, but I can't get it to turn on......
I don't have the specific model#'s for all of the components in front of me as I am at work but I can list most of the...
The company I work for is helping Verizon build this... they are basically Beta testing the service in Keller, TX. It is going to take quite a while to get the service rolled out nation-wide so I wouldn't hold your breath on waiting for it to come to your town. I have some friends on the...
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