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Put CPU shim on sideways, won't boot

Rizen

Rizen

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So I had a Mobile 2600. I was installing my SI-97, and I removed part of the sticker covering a few bridges on the top of the CPU, and installed the shim then the heatsink. Won't boot. I try a lot of things, no go.

I remove heatsink, the shim was installed 90 degrees off, to the left, so part of the copper had been covering the traces. I put it the right way, reinstall heatsink.

Still won't boot =\

Did I fry my CPU? My system is in my sig.

Please help :(
 
go to amds corporate website
www.amd.com

in the search box lookup "rma presentation"

there will be a link for the RMA presentation.pdf form

in that form is a "how too" that will show you how to test for a shorted cpu.

shims were only meant for CPGA, classic athlon and durons, they were never meant nor recommended for OPGA substrates...that would be the newer socket A cpu's

MD
 
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