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I have an older board, an Asus A7n8x Deluxe. I had been runnin a Duron in it and I am simply not satisfied by the performance or lack there of. Anyhow, I decided to pony up and get a Athlon 2800 XP.
As I was removing the old heat sink and fan, I slipped and put a small scratch on the Mobo, along some traces right on the left most edge of the Mobo (if you are looking down on the CPU from the back panel of the Mobo, with the PCI slots on the right of you.
Well, always being the optimist, I went ahead with the installation of the Athlon and all went smooth, made sure I had thermal grease, made sure I had my fan power connected, made sure it was all seated proper and I reconnected everythin back the way it was. I powered up, I could hear the system come to life BUT it won't POST. In fact the monitor will come to life just long enuff to show me the "NO Signal" message and goes into stand by mode (light goes from green to yellow).
Well, darn. I made sure I hadn't knocked the Vid card loose and even replaced the vid card but to no avail. I put the old CPU back in and I get the same results. I even removed the CMOS battery and "reset" it but alas it still wont POST.
Did I kill the board upon makin the small scratch? I think I did.
Is there any thing I am over-looking?
Worst case I buy a new Mobo.
As I was removing the old heat sink and fan, I slipped and put a small scratch on the Mobo, along some traces right on the left most edge of the Mobo (if you are looking down on the CPU from the back panel of the Mobo, with the PCI slots on the right of you.
Well, always being the optimist, I went ahead with the installation of the Athlon and all went smooth, made sure I had thermal grease, made sure I had my fan power connected, made sure it was all seated proper and I reconnected everythin back the way it was. I powered up, I could hear the system come to life BUT it won't POST. In fact the monitor will come to life just long enuff to show me the "NO Signal" message and goes into stand by mode (light goes from green to yellow).
Well, darn. I made sure I hadn't knocked the Vid card loose and even replaced the vid card but to no avail. I put the old CPU back in and I get the same results. I even removed the CMOS battery and "reset" it but alas it still wont POST.
Did I kill the board upon makin the small scratch? I think I did.
Is there any thing I am over-looking?
Worst case I buy a new Mobo.