My whole computer :\

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 05:17 PM

Okay...

SO this is what happend...

I overclocked my CPU too high and i left it on for 10+ minutes, i than assumed after trying all ways to reset my BIOs that i had fried my CPU thus, i bought a new one. I just installed my new CPU and everything, but now i wont even display on my monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 204B) and i keep getting an annoying "Check Signal Cable" message on screen. When I start up my computer i do not receive the usual beep (that to me says, "hello, and thank you for starting me!") and thus i and left dumbstruck what the problem is. is it my GPU? CPU? Motherboard? RAM? Power Supply? please help guys, youve helped before and I am in dire need of assistance.

ThNK YOU

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 05:31 PM

HI and welcome to the forum

Can you tell us what motherboard, Cpu, Video card and Psu you have?

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 05:34 PM

EVGA 680i SLi ; Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 ; EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX ; 500wt Psu

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 05:37 PM

700 wt ATX REV2 PSU*

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 05:45 PM

Is this the same model cpu you had before?

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 05:50 PM

no, but its still socket 775

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:02 PM

please halp someone, im very depressed right now :(

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 06:03 PM

what cpu did you have before and do know what Bios version you have?

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:05 PM

the intel core two duo extreme X6800 and i guess i have the most recent Pheonix BIOs unless they came out with a new one this week

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 06:22 PM

Ok just checking to make sure your bios supports the cpu.
Have you reset the cmos?

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:24 PM

many times

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 06:26 PM

Ok now for the bad news the EVGA 6xx series doesn't appear to support the QX9650
http://www.evga.com/support/mbcpu/nF...l_CPU_List.pdf

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:33 PM

hmmm... do you think there is a possibility that my other processor still works?

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 06:41 PM

The only way I know to find out is to test it in a known good motherboard that supports it.
or have a local shop test it for you. If you can borrow or come up with a cheap cpu that your mb supports you can test it too.

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:47 PM

at the bottom of the page it says that most new ones, my motherboard is about 1 year old

pastorel2 · 07-30-2008, 06:57 PM

okay, i am currently purchasing a new CPU exactly like my old one (Kentsfield QX6800), but if this does happen yet again, what would i have to do?

**wrench97** · 07-30-2008, 06:58 PM

*** NVIDIA nForce 6 MCP supports QX9650, but most current nForce 6 motherboards do not.

It says the chip supports it but the motherboard does not so I would call EVGA to get clarification but the way I read it it does not.

**lazareth1** · 07-31-2008, 03:30 AM

Your OC could have damaged the mobo instead of the CPU. OCing puts stress on CPU and mobo and sometimes RAM.

**wrench97** · 07-31-2008, 11:56 AM

Before anything else I would test the cpu and the board or have them tested.

**Pharaohz** · 08-01-2008, 12:17 AM

^^^ agree. By over clocking it, you may have fried either and or both. Your going to need to get em tested.

07-30-2008, 05:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	My whole computer :\ Okay... SO this is what happend... I overclocked my CPU too high and i left it on for 10+ minutes, i than assumed after trying all ways to reset my BIOs that i had fried my CPU thus, i bought a new one. I just installed my new CPU and everything, but now i wont even display on my monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 204B) and i keep getting an annoying "Check Signal Cable" message on screen. When I start up my computer i do not receive the usual beep (that to me says, "hello, and thank you for starting me!") and thus i and left dumbstruck what the problem is. is it my GPU? CPU? Motherboard? RAM? Power Supply? please help guys, youve helped before and I am in dire need of assistance. ThNK YOU

07-30-2008, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ HI and welcome to the forum Can you tell us what motherboard, Cpu, Video card and Psu you have? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ EVGA 680i SLi ; Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 ; EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX ; 500wt Psu

07-30-2008, 05:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ 700 wt ATX REV2 PSU*

07-30-2008, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ Is this the same model cpu you had before? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 05:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ no, but its still socket 775

07-30-2008, 06:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ please halp someone, im very depressed right now :(

07-30-2008, 06:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ what cpu did you have before and do know what Bios version you have? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 06:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ the intel core two duo extreme X6800 and i guess i have the most recent Pheonix BIOs unless they came out with a new one this week

07-30-2008, 06:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ Ok just checking to make sure your bios supports the cpu. Have you reset the cmos? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 06:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ many times

07-30-2008, 06:26 PM	#12 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ Ok now for the bad news the EVGA 6xx series doesn't appear to support the QX9650 http://www.evga.com/support/mbcpu/nF...l_CPU_List.pdf __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 06:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ hmmm... do you think there is a possibility that my other processor still works?

07-30-2008, 06:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ The only way I know to find out is to test it in a known good motherboard that supports it. or have a local shop test it for you. If you can borrow or come up with a cheap cpu that your mb supports you can test it too. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-30-2008, 06:47 PM	#15 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ at the bottom of the page it says that most new ones, my motherboard is about 1 year old

07-30-2008, 06:57 PM	#16 (permalink)
pastorel2 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP home edition	Re: My whole computer :\ okay, i am currently purchasing a new CPU exactly like my old one (Kentsfield QX6800), but if this does happen yet again, what would i have to do?

07-30-2008, 06:58 PM	#17 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ *** NVIDIA nForce 6 MCP supports QX9650, but most current nForce 6 motherboards do not. It says the chip supports it but the motherboard does not so I would call EVGA to get clarification but the way I read it it does not. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-31-2008, 03:30 AM	#18 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: My whole computer :\ Your OC could have damaged the mobo instead of the CPU. OCing puts stress on CPU and mobo and sometimes RAM. __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"

07-31-2008, 11:56 AM	#19 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,945 OS: Win7	Re: My whole computer :\ Before anything else I would test the cpu and the board or have them tested. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

08-01-2008, 12:17 AM	#20 (permalink)
Pharaohz TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 646 OS: Windows XP Home My System	Re: My whole computer :\ ^^^ agree. By over clocking it, you may have fried either and or both. Your going to need to get em tested. __________________ I am the way, the truth and the life.No one comes to the father, Except through me. John 14:6 Wrench: "When they make an SLI that's not buggy we'll let you know" OMG: "Noooooppeeee! we build pc's.. we don't manufacture mobo's"