I got an Athlon XP 1800+ from a website and put it in my K7S5A, which was working great with a Duron, but I could only do 100/100. The next day, I couldn't even boot, and after lots of testing, determined the mobo was dead (so I took it in to the store and they agreed). Anyways, I got a new mobo, and to my dismay it didn't boot. So I tried my Duron, and it did boot. The K7S5A is rev 3.1 and the 02/02/06 bios. I tried putting it in an A7V, but it didn't boot. Are there more things I should try, or is it dead? Also, is there any chance that it was faulty and it wasn't me that broke it? I am quite sure I didn't burn it, but am a bit concerned I crushed it trying to get the clip on one time. Visually I can't see anything, although one time when I did take the heatsink off there was a bit of black grease on the ceramic and on one vertical edge of the core (does that make sense?), that I didn't understand how it got there (I am using Arctic Silver, but it couldn't burn?). Also, is it harmful to have a stray spot of Arctic Silver on the ceramic? I also had to bend a corner pin back to straight, but this couldn't kill the CPU?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just at a point where I'm getting really frustrated with working on computers -- I have worked on so many, but still have these types of problems, and I can't really figure it out cause I don't understand the more basics of how the hardware works, the "black grease" being the best example (I now wish I took a pic of it, I was thinking of it). I guess I need to read some books.
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just at a point where I'm getting really frustrated with working on computers -- I have worked on so many, but still have these types of problems, and I can't really figure it out cause I don't understand the more basics of how the hardware works, the "black grease" being the best example (I now wish I took a pic of it, I was thinking of it). I guess I need to read some books.
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