Help! Did I burn my CPU??

[Quad]

help!

i have an alpha pal6035 with arctic silver, and it was installed correctly. It ran fine for 3 days, with temps @ 42 degrees. After 3 days, my fan started making a rattling noise, so i tightened the screws and the rattling went away.

I left the computer for an hour and came back to find that my YS tech fan had stopped rotating! the screen was blank. so i immediately shut off the comp, took off the heatsink and examined the cpu, my tbird 1ghz. I removed the arctic silver, and core seemed fine. There was no discoloration or anything. I tried reseating it, and tried starting up again, but again, all the fans started rotating but still a blank screen.

i have an asus a7v133.

Did i burn my cpu? help!

 

[bacillus]

<< Did i burn my cpu? >>


sorry to say this but sounds like that cpu has gone to heaven!
I suppose you could try it in another pc if that's possible to double check your suspicions.

 

[Quad]

but even though the cpu looked fine, it still could be burned? i mean the color of the core didn't change.

 

[medic]

I have seen a few CPU's that looked perfectly normal and they were toast. I would agree with bacillus however and you should try the chip in another comp. or take the chip to a shop and get them to test it.

You could try another video card and reseat everything as well.
Maybe even clear the CMOS....

 

[Rand]

If the fan stopped rotating for any significant lenght of time then it's likely it's dead.

You could try reseating everything and clearing the CMOS and testing the processor in another mobo but... your most likely going to have to buy a new T-Bird.

 

[Sundog]

Ouch, that hurts

 

[Quad]

well, i'm assuming that it's dead
so i went out and bought a new cpu and new ys tech fan for my heatsink.


is it possible to attach the heatsink and run the fan WITHOUT seating the cpu? i just wanna let it run to make sure the fan works properly.

can i do this?

 

[smp]

if you have an old power supply kickin around you can plug it into a wall socket on it's own, and just test the fan on it.. I have some old AT power supplies in my basement and I use them when I work on electronic stuff, they give good 12V and 5V..