Prime 95 not enough?

[bunnyfubbles]

I'm pretty sure my Opteron 165 died on me yesterday. After a few hours of gaming, I take a break by watching a video on my computer. I had very little going on in the background - a torrent file in progress and trillian, not much else. In the middle of the video the screen goes completely black and the sound cuts out but the fans were still spinning - the system was still "on".

I try rebooting, hoping it was some sort of software error, but no luck as I don't even get it to POST. So now I'm thinking hardware failure, but what? Rebooting my DFI Ultra D I see the LED indicators freeze on CPU recognition. Now I'm hoping a CMOS reset will help, but even that doesn't work, and unfortunately I wasn't surprised. Why would a CMOS reset fix things when I watched my system pass 12+ hours of Prime 95 testing on each core at the same time? Temps were fine, especially with stock voltage...and it certainly wasn't a DOA or some sort of damage done during installation, it just died on me.

At least I'm assuming its dead, because the system has been working just fine with my old 3000+ in it - it has been and still is passing Prime 95 as I type with the same BIOS settings, only difference is dualcore...

It doesn't feel very good to have a $300 CPU die on you. Definitely is much harder to swallow than a $50 Duron.

 

[StumbleBum1]

Were you overclocking?..
If it is truly dead the upside is even the 165 oem has a 1 Year Warranty

 

[Zebo]

Ultra D kills another CPU? PM shim about that.

Whats PSU?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

FSP|AX450-PN

 

[bjc112]

Dead on stock volts?

Maybe you had a lemon

 

[the cobbler]

bunnyfubbles, tell me you are not using one of the 7/04 bios

 

[Thor86]

Try booting with one stick of RAM on the orange slot closest to the cpu.

 

[keidanny]

were you overclocking? what volts/cpu speed/etc? details would help

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: the cobbler
bunnyfubbles, tell me you are not using one of the 7/04 bios

What about the 7/04 bios?

 

[Shimmishim]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: the cobbler
bunnyfubbles, tell me you are not using one of the 7/04 bios

What about the 7/04 bios?

I think he meant the 7/02 bios or maybe it is the 7/04 non bigtoe modded bios.

these bioses have a problem with the higher percentage vid special thing.

anything higher than 113% has been known to give too much voltage to some cpu's and kill them.

that is why bigtoe modded the 7/02 or 7/04 bios to not have these voltage options as well some other little tweaks here and there.

hands down, the 704bta bios is the best one for most people.

 

[Zebo]

I got my money on PSU - I know people like fortron for some U/K reason but I had two flop on me. And both the 120, faned ones which I think arn't made by sparkle like thier higher end good ones.

I would try Just connecting MOBO, CPU, a single HDD, Video card and CPU cooler - that's it no case cans no extra drives no nothing - and see if see boots. If you can get another PSU that would be ideal.. Something with a fat single rail.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I was/am using the 6/23 BIOS

What single rail PSU would you recommend, Zebo?

 

[Zebo]

Well first try what i sugessted.. also you have all 4 power connectors going into board right?

1. 24 pin
2. molex
3. floppy power connector
4. 4 pin

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
I was/am using the 6/23 BIOS

What single rail PSU would you recommend, Zebo?

My Enermax 460w is a 24pin PSU with 33A on the 12V rail. This thing rocks

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Avalon

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
I was/am using the 6/23 BIOS

What single rail PSU would you recommend, Zebo?

My Enermax 460w is a 24pin PSU with 33A on the 12V rail. This thing rocks

Very True but LOUD! I cut my apart and modded first day out!

Removed 80MM removed 92MM, Cut hole where 92 mm was and replaced with nexus 120..

 

[Mucker]

Give this a shot:

4 red lights = system start-up
3 red lights = CPU detected
2 red lights = DRAM detected
1 red light = VGA detected
0 red lights = system boot-up

Something that worked for me in a similiar no post situation:

1. Unplug the PSU
2. Set the jumper to the clear position
3. Disconnect all 4 power plugs to the board
4. pop the battery out
5. Leave it set for 10 minutes
6. put the jumper in the run position
7. pop the battery back in
8. Plug the 4 power plugs in
9. plug in the psu

You should get a yellow light by the dimms and one in the corner of the board. Try a restart...

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I'll try these suggestions out (thanks for the help), but I can't do them right away as I'll be packing up and heading home for winter break either tomorrow or Thursday. I'll try it tomorrow and keep you guys updated, right now I just need my 3000+ so I can use my computer for the time being - a 700MHz iBook isn't good for anything other than taking notes (which its sluggish to do just that).

 

[bunnyfubbles]

UPDATE

Its been a few days, but I figured I'd update everyone on the status of my 165. Well its up and running again - Zebo wins the prize (sorry, the prize in an interweb high five, not my 165) - it wasn't a lemon CPU it was a lemon PSU. It did the same thing to my 3000+ so I'm back to using an older 400W Antec for the time being (sucks though because its so loud).

So now for a fat 12V recommendation?

 

[keidanny]

oh man, i have the same PSU.. *knocks on wood*

glad you got it figured out tho

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Yeah, I'd much rather the $50 PSU die than the $300 CPU...

 

[Diogenes2]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
UPDATE

Its been a few days, but I figured I'd update everyone on the status of my 165. Well its up and running again - Zebo wins the prize (sorry, the prize in an interweb high five, not my 165) - it wasn't a lemon CPU it was a lemon PSU. It did the same thing to my 3000+ so I'm back to using an older 400W Antec for the time being (sucks though because its so loud).

So now for a fat 12V recommendation?

I really like the Rosewill 550 from the Egg.. Works great for me..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817182010

You could pay twice as much and get worse...

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Ultra D kills another CPU? PM shim about that.

Whats PSU?

i don't understand why everyone loves these DFI crashpartys and such... go with something reputable like an ABIT, ASUS, etc. etc....

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: jndietz

Originally posted by: Zebo
Ultra D kills another CPU? PM shim about that.

Whats PSU?

i don't understand why everyone loves these DFI crashpartys and such... go with something reputable like an ABIT, ASUS, etc. etc....

I am sure enjoying my DFI crashparty SLI board.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: jndietz

Originally posted by: Zebo
Ultra D kills another CPU? PM shim about that.

Whats PSU?

i don't understand why everyone loves these DFI crashpartys and such... go with something reputable like an ABIT, ASUS, etc. etc....

Whats your goal here? The motherboard was not the problem if you would actually read the thread. As far as reputable, no other maker has the reputation DFI does when it comes to overclocking.

 

[thesurge]

ah. I thought Fortron was reliable. Is failing common for the AX series? I have an AX400 running an A64, x800gto, 160gb SATA.