- Jan 30, 2001
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I built this machine back in late 2005 and it was rock solid until late July of 2007 when the CPU died. I did an RMA with AMD and about 3 weeks later had a replacement Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego. I stuck it in and it worked with no issues until today when the machine just shut itself off and is exhibiting the same symptoms as it did previously when the CPU died. It is a standard build, no overclocks or anything and is currently being used as a TV/DVR machine since the A7N8X I have been using for this purpose for years finally gave up the ghost with bad caps in November. Could there be something wrong either with the motherboard or power supply that would cause this with no prior warnings or am I just unlucky enough to have run into a couple of bad processors? Both times the machine has shown no signs of instability or problems whatsoever until it just suddenly quit working. The pickings are pretty slim for 939 processors these days but I can get a 3800X2 for $50.00-$60.00 which would be fine for what I am doing with the machine but I hesitate to toss another processor into it unless I can be reasonably certain that it won't die 4 months later due to some issue with the motherboard or PS. The current specs are:
A7N8X32-SLI
Athlon 64 4000+
2 GB Corsair XMS DDR (2x1GB) Twinx2048-3200c2
BFG 7800 GT OC
SeaSonic S12-500 500W Power Supply
Antec p180 case
A7N8X32-SLI
Athlon 64 4000+
2 GB Corsair XMS DDR (2x1GB) Twinx2048-3200c2
BFG 7800 GT OC
SeaSonic S12-500 500W Power Supply
Antec p180 case