Fried 850 socket t-bird what caused it??????????HELP PLEASE

[MUSKIE]

Ok im posting this for my buddy who is kinda bummed. I saw pictures of the cpu and its burnt, the white sticker on the bottom side is now black and there is dicoloration on the core. owe
The next ????? is what caused it.
It never made it to post even from the first time he tried to fire it up.
He says he had the freq. multiplier set backwards from what it actuly was spose to be the first time
can that fry it????? and the dip setting that he had it set to doesnt even exsist so could that have fried it??? maybe sent alot of vcore voltage to it????
the rest of the jumpers were set to jumper free
The fan on the heatsink was working for sure and its a golden orb. mb is asus a7v

 

[Tonec]

Most likely too much voltage Using a gorb with tbirds is just asking for problems.

 

[Henry Kuo]

yeah, i think too much voltage gone thru the cpu and fried it.

careful with the multiplier settings