CPU dead?

[sodcha0s]

I've got an A64 3000+ winnie on a Neo2 board, and the system just stopped working. I was playing q3 online, went to specs and left my machine for maybe 10 mins. When I returned my monitor was black, system was running but not responding. After trying several things I remembered the D-Bracket thingy and plugged it in. On startup the lights stick with 1 and 4 red, which is processor initialization....

In case your wondering, yes it was overclocked, but only to 2Ghz. I used to run it at 2.5 over last winter, but set it back to stock speeds a while back (8-9 mos?) and have only been running it at 2.0 for a few days. I did try to clear BIOS with no luck.

Is there anything I should try before I give up on this thing? If I'm going to have to buy a new chip I'll be looking for the best price/performance chip, not just the cheapest or fastest. Any suggestions on what to get?

 

[Avalon]

Any chance you've got a nearby friend with an A64 rig?
That's the best way to tell if it's dead or not.

If you need a replacement, I saw today that Ewiz.com had a 3200+ Venice E6 for $139, which is an outstanding price. Sometimes you're even hardpressed to find 3000+s cheaper.

Sorry, OEM chip, if that matters. Your HSF is reusable, though, so there shouldn't be any issue.

 

[sodcha0s]

OEM is fine, I have an XP90 on it now. Unfortunately I don't know anyone with an A64 rig.... everybody I know owns Dell's... :roll:

How are the Venice chips? I haven't been paying attention lately but I remember when they first came out the were'nt the best O/C'ers, although that's not terribly important at the moment...hehe.

I'm gonna go scour fleabay and see what I can dig up there....

 

[smthmlk]

Before buying a new processor, take out all but 1 stick of ram, one hd, no opticals, etc. Strip your system down and see if it posts. I would try another PSU, different sticks of ram, different video card, etc. Since you can't really rule out the cpu (no friends w/ em to try), you should try to rule out as many other things as possible first. Post back with your results.

 

[Avalon]

The Venice chips are pretty decent OC'ers. A 3000/3200/3500+ typically hit around 2.5-2.6, so about the same as a decent Winchester. I hope you're able to figure out what went wrong.

 

[sodcha0s]

Yeah smthmlk, that was gonna be my next direction.... was even thinking of removing everything from the case just to rule out a short. I have an OCZ 520 PSU, I can't imagine that being bad, I have another vid-card that I can try too. I'll keep this updated...


Update: Well I got 'er back up and running, appearently it was the video card. I wish I would've tried that before I stripped my case out...LOL but at least I made some progress. I'm going to try that card out in another machine just to make sure... thanks for the replies guys!

 

[smthmlk]

At least you didn't have to buy a new processor to find that it wasn't the problem . cheers.