Recent content by shahyan

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    Is the CPU bad or the Motherboard?

    Thanks Jiggz. Tried this just now. Same thing is happening. If I don't have the CPU in the socket, then the fan starts to run. Of course there is no video because of the lack of a CPU. However, with the CPU in the socket, the fan doesn't even start. I have a high end AM2 setup as well, and...
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    Is the CPU bad or the Motherboard?

    Yeah, I am having a hard time believing that the processor could in fact be bad. I've been around 7 systems in the one year, and have had one instance of a bad motherboard, but never had a bum CPU. I guess I'll post my findings tomorrow, assuming micro center is willing to help!
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    Is the CPU bad or the Motherboard?

    Just today I bought an Intel E6600 with an Asus P5N-E SLI from Micro Center. Well, I came home and plugged everything in, and dang, the thing won't power up. The fan moves for about a millisecond before stopping. If I take out the CPU from the mobo and try, the CPU fan starts just fine...
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    Is AMD X2 5600+ just a bad overclocker?

    I didn't expect to OC like C2D. I in fact have an E6400 that I have OCed to 3.0 GHz from 2.14 GHz. With AMD, I had overclocked my X2 3800+ to over 2.8 GHz too. So I was hoping that the 5600+ would be somewhere in the 3.5GHz range. But I guess I didn't do my homework.
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    Is AMD X2 5600+ just a bad overclocker?

    So I have an AMD X2 5600+ processor paired with my Abit NF-M2 nView motherboard. I have air cooling; I am using Zalman's CNPS9500 AM2 heatsink/fan and artic silver 5. For some reason, this CPU just won't overclock more than 200 MHz. The farthest I can go is 3.0 GHz stable from 2.8 GHz...