Just got my $199 e6600

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Yoxxy
I don't think you know what you are doing. You should sell your computer and buy a Dell.

You definitely shouldn't be buying ES's and things that take a bit of skill...

ES Conroe run very hot, that is why they are an Engineering Sample. They are WIP.

Your problem is as another guy put a PSU problem. I have literally never seen a dead Intel CPU. It is pretty hard to kill them even when you are trying.

I agree, it's extremely unlikely to get a bad CPU. I've seen one core of a dual core die..but I took a soldering iron to it trying to do a 1066mhz FSB pin mod..the other core is still chugging along a year later. I had a P4 ES, running at 120c in windows, because the heatsink had come loose, and the ES had no throttling enabled. I didn't believe the temp was real, so I kept it running. After putting my hand in the case however I could feel the massive amount of heat, and then found the loose heatsink..and it still didn't fry, even at 120c.

Not sure about this case being a PSU problem, after all, it ran a more power hungry pentium-d, but it's still extremely unlikely to be a CPU issue.

 

[butch84]

I bet it's a fsb/ram divider issue. Your Pentium D fsb was 800mhz, while the Core2 is 1066fsb. If you don't clear the cmos, it will probably try to run your ram at the same fsb-ram ratio, which might end up putting it way out of spec. I'd say clear the cmos and try it.

 

[RockingDude]

Right, I've said about 5 times now that I cleared the cmos multiple times. I've tried in 2 motherboards.

If ES runs hot, I still didn't want it, I don't like my procs running that hot, as it lowers their lifetime, I undervolted that ES to 1.1 and still got 50c, which is too much in my book.

I'm going to try everything again before I call frys, but I don't have much hope when it won't work in a brand new never been touched motherboard... I've never seen a doa proc either, and it would be my luck that this would happen to me - I had 2 doa seagate HDs last year from the 'egg.

I don't think you know what you are doing. You should sell your computer and buy a Dell.

You definitely shouldn't be buying ES's and things that take a bit of skill...

ES Conroe run very hot, that is why they are an Engineering Sample. They are WIP.

Your problem is as another guy put a PSU problem. I have literally never seen a dead Intel CPU. It is pretty hard to kill them even when you are trying.

I didn't ask for trolls in my OP, did I?

 

[formulav8]

Try lowering your memory divider (like 533mhz) and maybe even lower the fsb just to make sure it isn't a mobo problem. It sounds like your running your memory out of spec. Just my opinion.

Jason

 

[stevty2889]

What is your memory voltage at? DS3 and S3 motherboards are known to have issues booting up with mem that requires more than 1.8v stock. Your mem probably has no trouble booting up with 800mhz FSB at 1.8v, but when you stick in the 1066mhz FSB CPU, 1.8v might not be enough..that would explain why the P-D boots up fine, but the C2D doesn't..have you set your ram voltage or did you just leave it on auto?