Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-22 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 12:01 AM 22/05/2010, DSinc wrote: You always do share good problems! Do you perhaps have ash fallout from the Iceland volcano ATM? If so, all bets are off... :) Not yet. :) Wrong side of the Atlantic. I do hear that it reached NFLD at one point. T

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-22 Thread Gaffer
On Friday 21 May 2010 22:59:23 Scoobydo wrote: If you've had experience of several bad CPU's then you must be a system builder with hundreds of builds under your belt. I'm just a hobbyist and have only built 20 or so boxes over the years and I've never even heard of anyone having a CPU go bad

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-22 Thread Gaffer
On Saturday 22 May 2010 03:24:27 DSinc wrote: Scoobydo, If I dig in by bone pile I could offer you a brand new old stock and only use once, spare for your current P2-333. I bought mine because it had some special S-Spec #. If interested, I can share critical numbers. I've just binned around

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
On Fri, 21 May 2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have an HP machine that won't boot with its CPU in it (boots to three long beeps and then one long continuous beep.) It has a ADA4200IAA5CU in it

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 09:22 AM 21/05/2010, Christopher Fisk wrote: BIOS? Trying that right now. Do the CPU's expect different voltages that the bad board isn't supplying correctly? Switch power supply on the one it doesn't boot with and test? Good idea. I'll try that. T

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Scoobydo
I assume you've looked for a borked BIOS setting? Doesn't make sense the CPU is bad. I've never heard of one going bad so must assume something else is happening.. On Fri, 21 May 2010 06:24:39 -0500, Thane Sherrington th...@computerconnectionltd.com wrote: I have an HP machine that

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Gaffer
On Friday 21 May 2010 15:02:35 Scoobydo wrote: I assume you've looked for a borked BIOS setting? Doesn't make sense the CPU is bad. I've never heard of one going bad so must assume something else is happening.. On Fri, 21 May 2010 06:24:39 -0500, Thane Sherrington

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Scoobydo
If you've had experience of several bad CPU's then you must be a system builder with hundreds of builds under your belt. I'm just a hobbyist and have only built 20 or so boxes over the years and I've never even heard of anyone having a CPU go bad until you said it. Bad mobo's, PSU's,

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
a week back in the old days. Now that I don't have a lot of time, I've probably done new boxes 3 this month. lopaka From: Scoobydo swza...@yahoo.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 2:59:23 PM Subject: Re: [H] Odd CPU issue If you've had

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Scoobydo
a week back in the old days. Now that I don't have a lot of time, I've probably done new boxes 3 this month. lopaka From: Scoobydo swza...@yahoo.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 2:59:23 PM Subject: Re: [H] Odd CPU issue If you've had

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
of power supplies have gone south though (more that mobos + cpus combined) lopaka From: Scoobydo swza...@yahoo.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 3:41:20 PM Subject: Re: [H] Odd CPU issue Clearly you have more experience than me but you did

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread DSinc
. Now that I don't have a lot of time, I've probably done new boxes 3 this month. lopaka From: Scoobydo swza...@yahoo.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 2:59:23 PM Subject: Re: [H] Odd CPU issue If you've had experience of several bad

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:02 AM 21/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: I assume you've looked for a borked BIOS setting? Doesn't make sense the CPU is bad. I've never heard of one going bad so must assume something else is happening.. I'm looking into the BIOS. Doesn't appear to be the power supply. I have seen many CPUs

Re: [H] Odd CPU issue

2010-05-21 Thread DSinc
Thane, Yes. This one is interesting. I follow this thread. But, you have many more m/b's to test with than I. Still this one is most odd.. ? I do so wish I was a BIOS-maven but I am not. I suffer with it on each new tech m/b I buy. I would suspect that the cpu VR's on the m/b have taken