Viper87227
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Long story short, my computer self destructed a few weeks back. Not sure what happened but I woke up one morning to a motherboard with char marks and a dead PSU. So, I replaced the PSU and RMAed the motherboard. I got my motherboard back a little while ago, only to find that it wouldn't post. I replaced the CPU that was in it (Phenom II 550) with an old CPU I have, an Athlon X@, and the system worked fine. I assumed the CPU got fried as well when my motherboard went out, so I explained the situation to AMD and they allowed me to RMA the processor. Today, I got back what appears to be a brand new retail unit. I popped it into the system and got the exact same thing as before, the system will not post. I put the Athlon in again, and sure enough it worked. Just to be safe, I updated to the latest BIOS on the motherboard and tried again. Still no luck with the Phenom. I don't get it. I was using this same motherboard and CPU together before without problems. After getting replacements for both in an RMA, the two don't work together. Since the system works with the Athlon, all components must be functional. Is it really possible that I got a brand-new DOA processor doing the exact same thing as my last one, or am I overlooking something?