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leonardsix · 02-25-2006, 07:24 PM

Ok well I think I've made a little progress.

I tried removing all the components (except the processor) and powering on to see what kind of beeps I got. Well I didn't get any beeps. But I'm really not sure if my internal speaker is plugged in correctly or if it means there is a problem with my mobo.

But I also plugged in my external Cambridge speakers and I'm now getting a vocal POST message saying "System failed CPU Test" over and over and over. So that's very interesting. It's also important to note I get this message no matter how many components I have plugged in. I'm not really sure if I was getting this message when the computer first went down and I just had my speakers turned off or plugged into my headphones or not.

Anyway, upon hearing this message, I did some research and came upon this forum post...

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=31392

What the guy was saying seemed to ring true with my setup so I gave that a try. After following the instructions, still no change.

So at this point I've got a POST message saying "System Failed CPU Test" over and over. But aside from that nothing. Would this message indicate that it really is my CPU and I should just go out and get another CPU? Or is there more tests I could do? Could it still be my motherboard?

02-25-2006, 07:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
leonardsix Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 35 OS: Windows XP	a little progress... Ok well I think I've made a little progress. I tried removing all the components (except the processor) and powering on to see what kind of beeps I got. Well I didn't get any beeps. But I'm really not sure if my internal speaker is plugged in correctly or if it means there is a problem with my mobo. But I also plugged in my external Cambridge speakers and I'm now getting a vocal POST message saying "System failed CPU Test" over and over and over. So that's very interesting. It's also important to note I get this message no matter how many components I have plugged in. I'm not really sure if I was getting this message when the computer first went down and I just had my speakers turned off or plugged into my headphones or not. Anyway, upon hearing this message, I did some research and came upon this forum post... http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=31392 What the guy was saying seemed to ring true with my setup so I gave that a try. After following the instructions, still no change. So at this point I've got a POST message saying "System Failed CPU Test" over and over. But aside from that nothing. Would this message indicate that it really is my CPU and I should just go out and get another CPU? Or is there more tests I could do? Could it still be my motherboard?