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OK.... Here's the deal...<br><br>I buy a mainboard ad case today for my dad, and I put his old Athlon XP 2100+ in this board, and I get: nothing. Fans spool up, and then they shut off. No video signal, nothin. I take the CPU out, and The fans kick on, and stay on, but I still get no video. (No CPU to enable the video BIOS, I think.) <br><br>SO, I crack my case open, not sure if the Mainboard or CPU is bad, so I put my CPU in the new mainboard and the same thing happens.... Put the CPU in my case, and bm.. same damn thing.... So, now I think I have 2 bad CPUs and 2 bad boards... Any Ideas???? <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:arial;font-size:xx-large;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I HATE EZBOARD!!!</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

Sounds to me like Dad's MB is frying your CPUs. Your MB may or may not be bad at this point. Similar thing happened to Iceman once while I was over there. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

OK.... I will go return the mainboard and CPU tomorrow, and hopefully, I'll wind up with some good Hardware,and I can at least get my dad his PC back to him in Phoenix... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Man... I wish I could just buy myself a new Mainboard and CPU right now... FOr what I spent on my Athlon XP 2000+, I can get a 2400+ from newegg.<br><br>I'm just a little nervous that if I get a new CPU, and I put it in my Mainboard, I'll fry the chip, and still have a bad mobo... What a damn conundrum.... <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:arial;font-size:xx-large;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I HATE EZBOARD!!!</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

Couldn't you RMA the mainboard? Just tell them that it won't work. You might miss out a bit on using it. But it beats having to buy a new one.<br><br>Unless there is a place you can get yours tested?<br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub141.ezboard.com/bxmenclan.sho ... andtm>XMEN Ashaman DTM</A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC="http://theta_mercenaries.homestead.com/files/xmen.gif" BORDER=0> at: 4/29/03 1:00:40 pm<br></i>

I can RMA my dad's Mainboard, and my mainboard is still under waranty, bu I haven't been Happy with this MSI VIA KT333 Mainboard, so I think I'll look at an Nforce2 mainboard. I've seen good things on them, so we'll see. <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:arial;font-size:xx-large;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I HATE EZBOARD!!!</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

Mavicator has one of those. He has the ASUS one... and I've never had problems with ASUS (if you want to hear a good brand).<br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub141.ezboard.com/bxmenclan.sho ... andtm>XMEN Ashaman DTM</A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC="http://theta_mercenaries.homestead.com/files/xmen.gif" BORDER=0> at: 4/29/03 1:00:48 pm<br></i>

I'm looking at the A7N8X, But I see lots of people saying to only use CAS 2 DDR, and Frankly, I don't care to use the Dual Channel mode, so I think my CAS 2.5 DDR should be fine.... Just trying to find good stuff, and not get screwed....<br><br>*sigh* <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:arial;font-size:xx-large;"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>I HATE EZBOARD!!!</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

CAS 2 is pushed because it allows you to really take advantage of what that board has to offer. I'd definitely skip the KT400 chipsets though. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><br><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><br><br><left><br><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><br><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br><br><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br><br><br></left></p><i></i>