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Illuminati017 · 01-17-2008, 08:37 AM

I just bought all of these parts four (4) days ago:

MSI K9N SLI Platinum NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI Ready / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, ATA-100, OEM

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 Windsor

Ultra / X-Finity / 600-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI Ready / Black / Power Supply

OCZ SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB)

Sony DRU170C Retail DVD Burner - 18x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL,

XFX GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR2, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) DVI, VGA, HDTV, Video Card

Heres what my problem is. The first time, after i get everything all setup, i turned it on, no beeps, and the 4 red LEDs were on on the D-Bracket. So i looked in the manual and it says my CPU is installed incorrectly or damaged. So i take my heatsink off and look at the CPU. Nope, its in correctly... it can only go in one way... I have tried doing a Recovery Flashing of my bios because i read on one of the forums that the old bios cannot detect the cpu. So i tried this out. It didnt work. The keyboard would light up for about a quarter of a second when i first turn it on, then nothing. I have tried booting with different ram, but the same thing happens. I have also tried to boot it outside of the box, but the same thing happens. I've tried removing the CMOS battery, pressing the CMOS reset but nothing. So finally i though that it wouldnt hurt to just RMA the stinkin CPU. It is on its way now... if that doesnt work i guess RMAing the motherboard is next...

Any suggestions?

I dont care how stupid or basic you think your suggestion is... please tell me!

(sorry if i sound irritable. this is the first pc i am building and im pretty frustrated.)

01-17-2008, 08:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Illuminati017 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 OS: Vista	MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 No Post. I just bought all of these parts four (4) days ago: MSI K9N SLI Platinum NVIDIA Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / SLI Ready / Dual Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB Hard Drive - 7200, 8MB, ATA-100, OEM AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Socket AM2 Windsor Ultra / X-Finity / 600-Watt / ATX / Dual 80mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI Ready / Black / Power Supply OCZ SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) Sony DRU170C Retail DVD Burner - 18x DVD±R Burn, 16x DVD±R Read, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL, XFX GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR2, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) DVI, VGA, HDTV, Video Card Heres what my problem is. The first time, after i get everything all setup, i turned it on, no beeps, and the 4 red LEDs were on on the D-Bracket. So i looked in the manual and it says my CPU is installed incorrectly or damaged. So i take my heatsink off and look at the CPU. Nope, its in correctly... it can only go in one way... I have tried doing a Recovery Flashing of my bios because i read on one of the forums that the old bios cannot detect the cpu. So i tried this out. It didnt work. The keyboard would light up for about a quarter of a second when i first turn it on, then nothing. I have tried booting with different ram, but the same thing happens. I have also tried to boot it outside of the box, but the same thing happens. I've tried removing the CMOS battery, pressing the CMOS reset but nothing. So finally i though that it wouldnt hurt to just RMA the stinkin CPU. It is on its way now... if that doesnt work i guess RMAing the motherboard is next... Any suggestions? I dont care how stupid or basic you think your suggestion is... please tell me! (sorry if i sound irritable. this is the first pc i am building and im pretty frustrated.)