Ok I've hit a major snag.
I built a PC not long ago and here is the parts used for a simple internet surfing and music streaming PC:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H57 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I3530
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Antec New Solution NSK2480 Black/Silver 0.8mm cold-rolled steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case 380W Power Supply
After my initial build the computer ran fine for a couple of months and then crapped out when I moved into my new house.
I replaced the Gigabyte board with an Intel DH55TC board and reinstalled Win 7 64. The computer initially worked fine but shortly later died and was giving me an overheated processor error message.
I bought another processor, the error message was gone but the PC would take up to 2 hours after booting to actually get into Windows and when it did it was buggy. I replaced the mobo with the same exact model and the computer still had the same problem.
I replaced the RAM with slower 1333 ram thinking that could be the case (apparently that Intel board only accepts 1066 and 1333) but still had the same issue.
The computer would give me a normal post beep but would hang at the Intel splash screen for those 2 hours. It would not give me any access to the bios at all. It just sat there.
So now I'm at a loss. I have two perfectly working Intel chips sitting around and no motherboard.
Does anyone have any idea as to why this could be happening?
Given the parts on hand does anyone have any ideas as to what motherboard to purchase?
I'm seriously tempted to sell both processors and go with an AMD based system at this point.
I built a PC not long ago and here is the parts used for a simple internet surfing and music streaming PC:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA
GIGABYTE GA-H57M-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel H57 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80616I3530
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Antec New Solution NSK2480 Black/Silver 0.8mm cold-rolled steel MicroATX Desktop Computer Case 380W Power Supply
After my initial build the computer ran fine for a couple of months and then crapped out when I moved into my new house.
I replaced the Gigabyte board with an Intel DH55TC board and reinstalled Win 7 64. The computer initially worked fine but shortly later died and was giving me an overheated processor error message.
I bought another processor, the error message was gone but the PC would take up to 2 hours after booting to actually get into Windows and when it did it was buggy. I replaced the mobo with the same exact model and the computer still had the same problem.
I replaced the RAM with slower 1333 ram thinking that could be the case (apparently that Intel board only accepts 1066 and 1333) but still had the same issue.
The computer would give me a normal post beep but would hang at the Intel splash screen for those 2 hours. It would not give me any access to the bios at all. It just sat there.
So now I'm at a loss. I have two perfectly working Intel chips sitting around and no motherboard.
Does anyone have any idea as to why this could be happening?
Given the parts on hand does anyone have any ideas as to what motherboard to purchase?
I'm seriously tempted to sell both processors and go with an AMD based system at this point.
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