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Is my A64 cpu dead?

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ryan

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First the specs (I just built this system):

Athlon 64 3400+ with OCZ 5+ thermal paste and a Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF
Chaintech VNF3-250
1gb corsair pc3200 xms (2x512)
eVGA Geforce FX 5900 SE with an Iceberq 4 Pro fan
SB Audigy 2
2xWD2000JD 200gb sata drives
420watt Thermaltake psu with pfc
Aspire X-Superalien Case

The problem: when I turn this monster on everything sounds normal and the fans are on and there's no beeping at all, but I get no video. I have checked the ram and video card in another system and they all work. I have RMAed the motherboard because I thought the AGP slot was dead or something, but I still get no video on the new one.

Is my CPU dead?
 
its working, have u overclocked? if not reset the cmos, and keeping trying and itll work.
 
ryan said:
First the specs (I just built this system):

Athlon 64 3400+ with OCZ 5+ thermal paste and a Thermaltake Venus 12 HSF
Chaintech VNF3-250
1gb corsair pc3200 xms (2x512)
eVGA Geforce FX 5900 SE with an Iceberq 4 Pro fan
SB Audigy 2
2xWD2000JD 200gb sata drives
420watt Thermaltake psu with pfc
Aspire X-Superalien Case

The problem: when I turn this monster on everything sounds normal and the fans are on and there's no beeping at all, but I get no video. I have checked the ram and video card in another system and they all work. I have RMAed the motherboard because I thought the AGP slot was dead or something, but I still get no video on the new one.

Is my CPU dead?
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When you say everything "sounds normal," that makes it sound like you can hear the computer booting. Is that the case? E.g., do you hear the hard drive being accessed/see the HD access light and hear it booting into windows?

Or is it just the fans coming on with a blank screen?

If you can hear it booting and the video card is fine, like he said, reset the CMOS, and if that doesn't work, try another monitor.

If you can't hear it booting, and you've replaced/troubleshot everything else (motherboard/video card/ram), then it could be the CPU.
 
if it doesn't seem to be working on going into windows, try unplugging everything and reseating the heatsink. maybe you didn't get enough and it's going into save-from-death mode. then when you try it, don't plug anything in but k/b and monitor and power. also remove any pci cards. try it in a minimal configuration. if that doesn't work rma it.
 
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