Ok,
Here's the deal- I'm running the following:
P-4 2.4C
Intel 865 PERLLK mobo
Zalman 7000 Al "flower" heatsink
1GB DDR400
1x 36GB Raptor
1x 100GB WD 8mb
1x 120GB WD 8mb
ATI 9800 Pro
Antec Sonata/ w 380W Truepower
NEC 3500 DVD-RW
Floppy, card reader, etc.
On Thursday, my new P-4 3.0C from Ebay came in- I swapped CPUs that evening. When I was taking out the old one it was stuck to the heatsink so strongly that when I pulled it up the CPU came out of the socket, stuck to it. I detached it, cleaned both heatsink and CPU with isoproyl alcohol, inserted the new CPU, added AS 5, and put the heatsink back on.
After a day and a half of random slowdowns, one hard crash, and numerous occasions where the computer froze for a second or two, I took the computer out this morning, checked and rewired every connection, and re-inserted the old CPU. Now the bootup is still very slow (compared to before the 3.0 arrived and I changed CPUs) but general file browsing and photos are much faster.
I've had this computer for two years so I'm fairly sure the RAM is good. I'm just wondering- are these problems caused by the new CPU itself or did I somehow damage the CPU socket when I took the old one out?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Zak
Here's the deal- I'm running the following:
P-4 2.4C
Intel 865 PERLLK mobo
Zalman 7000 Al "flower" heatsink
1GB DDR400
1x 36GB Raptor
1x 100GB WD 8mb
1x 120GB WD 8mb
ATI 9800 Pro
Antec Sonata/ w 380W Truepower
NEC 3500 DVD-RW
Floppy, card reader, etc.
On Thursday, my new P-4 3.0C from Ebay came in- I swapped CPUs that evening. When I was taking out the old one it was stuck to the heatsink so strongly that when I pulled it up the CPU came out of the socket, stuck to it. I detached it, cleaned both heatsink and CPU with isoproyl alcohol, inserted the new CPU, added AS 5, and put the heatsink back on.
After a day and a half of random slowdowns, one hard crash, and numerous occasions where the computer froze for a second or two, I took the computer out this morning, checked and rewired every connection, and re-inserted the old CPU. Now the bootup is still very slow (compared to before the 3.0 arrived and I changed CPUs) but general file browsing and photos are much faster.
I've had this computer for two years so I'm fairly sure the RAM is good. I'm just wondering- are these problems caused by the new CPU itself or did I somehow damage the CPU socket when I took the old one out?
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Zak