Burnt Athlon XP system

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SniperXx

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Have a mobo/CPU that had a heatsink install wrong. The CPU didn't smoke or let off any odd oder but I know thats what happend as before it posted fine before. That and I could tell the heatsink wasn't install correctly after looking over it good.

Anyway I get no beeping codes with or without the memory or CPU in it. Did it most likely kill the mobo and CPU?

What I would really like to know is if I have a good working socket A mobo and CPU would it hurt the good CPU to put it in the bad mobo for testing? Or would it hurt the mobo if I put a bad CPU in it for testing?

Could the bad parts short out the good parts and burn them up?
 
No beep generally means no CPU assuming your other components are in order. I would think the mobo is probably ok if the processor did burn up.

Could the bad parts short out the good parts and burn them up?
Its a possibility, but there is really no other way to troubleshoot a questionable mobo.
 
Well since I got another mobo and CPU coming I will just let the mobo that could be bad set untill maybe I can get my hands on a cheap duron or something. Not about to put a 2000+ XP in it just for it to burn it up.

Someone actually gave me a mobo with the 2000+ XP because he didn't need it. So I'll have 2 mobos. He wasn't sure if it still worked or not. I will probably at least be able to test the possibly bad CPU which is most likely burnt up?

If a heatsink was put on wrong wouldn't the CPU have defiantly burnt up before the mobo?
 
SniperXx said:
If a heatsink was put on wrong wouldn't the CPU have defiantly burnt up before the mobo?
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It should have. I'd go along with that assumption :)

The cheap duron is a good plan too. Better safe than sorry.
 
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