"CPU Not Installed" "CPU Not Installed"

[SutterCane]

Is there anyone who can please help me to find out what the hell is wrong with my PC???

Last week I purchased a Compro Videomate TV Gold Plus TV Tuner. After I had installed it, and booted up my PC the Asus post reporter kept repeating "CPU Not Installed" over and over and over again. It booted to Windows just fine but the post reporter just wouldn't shut up. I tried putting the card in different slots, making sure it wasn't sharing an IRQ.

My PC is:

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD 2800+ CPU (upgraded from a 1800 3 months ago)
Antec 660AMG Mini Case w/330wps
DVD-ROM, CD/RW, DVD/RW, FDD
Seagate 80GB, 120 GB HD
WD 200GB HD w/Ulta133 Controller Card
Asus Ti4200

Could there not be enough juice to power my rig with the TV Tuner installed?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Humm. Possibly, but something else could've failed.

 

[SutterCane]

The thing is when I take the TV tuner out, and boot my PC it stops saying that, and works just fine.

 

[slpaulson]

If it works fine you could just disable the post reporter.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Did you uninstall the CPU?

 

[imported_bum]

He says windows will boot up though, so we know it's installed right. I would reseat the CPU and see what happens.

 

[Insidious]

So you put in a new component and your motherboard stops functioning properly.....

You take it out and your motherboard is fine......

You put it back in and your motherboard is malfunctioning again.....


ummmm, this really isn't hard.... is it?

-Sid

 

[SutterCane]

I've disabled the post reporter, but the voice still says "CPU not installed". I tried installing the TV tuner in my other computer which has the same motherboard, and it works perfectly, which leads me to believe that the power supply is insufficient.

 

[Insidious]

so your next step is a no-brainer.

swap the PSU from the second computer into the first and see if it works. If it does... you're done!

-Sid

 

[SutterCane]

Only thing is the PS from my other PC is a generic 300wps

 

[Insidious]

Why in the world is that a problem if it "works perfectly" ???

-Sid

 

[SutterCane]

My other PC has only a 40gb hard drive & cd-rom running on a 300wps, while my main rig has tons of components installed. I'll still try and swap them and see what happens.

 

[Insidious]

I think the only way you are going to definitively isolate the issue will be to do part swaps until you find it....

with the same motherboard, you can try swaping just about every component (one at a time!) including the CPU, RAM, Video card, PSU, optical drives......

BUT if it were me, I would take that tuner back where you got it and tell them your motherboard malfunctions when you install it and you want your money back. Then try another brand.

-Sid

 

[SomeDude22]

heres a good PSU

 

[SutterCane]

I'll do just that and try to isolate the problem.

Thanks for the help...

 

[Insidious]

I forgot to mention it before...

ANYTIME you have an overclocked system and see "strangeness" your very first step should be to restore speed and volts to stock and observe the results.

It is not uncommon at all for some PCI devices to revolt if that bus speed is too high. This can manifest itself in many, unpredictable ways.

-Sid

(I don't know if you are OC'd or not)

 

[SutterCane]

God, I feel like such a total TOOL. The first thing I swapped was the Ram. I had 2 sticks of generic crappy ass Apacer RAM & 1 512MB stick of Kingston RAM. Lo and behold I remove the Apacer RAM, and VOILA system running fine.

:roll:

 

[Insidious]

Hey, ya did good :beer:

-Sid