Gigabyte 7Dxe post problem

[DigitalCancer]

I recently bought a Gigabyte 7Dxe, how would i go about testing this mobo to see if its bad or not. I've gotta Duron 1GHz, but i think its bad cause its chipped. When i go to boot it up, the cpu will hang after the mem count, i try to get to the bios screen and it hangs. Any suggestions? Should i buy a new mobo and cpu, or just the cpu?

 

[imported_Phil]

Sounds more like the RAM or an IDE device is faulty.
If the CPU was faulty then it probably wouldn't even start up.

 

[DigitalCancer]

hmm...well i've unplugged all IDE, even tried different sticks of ram...none of it worked
then i took the heatsink off the proc. and seen that it was scraping the top of it, the pin holders on the slot had been warn down by the h/s i guess, and he's flipped it around the wrong way, but the claws on this h/s scaps the proc, and i wiped off all the goo he had on the proc and seen the corner of the chip is chipped pretty good.

 

[montag451]

try the chip in another system, or, try another chip from another system in your rig

 

[montag451]

OR,
buy a pci POST CARD diagnostic thingey [technical term, of course], that will tell you how far the POST gets before failure