paul06660
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| Processor | AMD Phenom x6 1090t black edition |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | ASUS M5A99X EVO |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Triple Heatpipe Cooler with Gelid blue fan |
| Memory | 8 gigs GsKill DDR3 1600 |
| Video Card(s) | Asus Raedeon HD7850 |
| Storage | Western Digital Raptor 74gig, Terabyte Seagate SATA 6.0 |
| Display(s) | AOC 19" Widescreen |
| Case | Custom modded Black Raidmax case |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard Realtek HD audio |
| Power Supply | BFG Tech 550GX gold certified |
| Software | Windows 7 64 bit ultimate |
| Benchmark Scores | 3dmark 06 score of 19,565 |
Hello, I need some help determining what happened to my Athlon XP 2400.
I have access to a computer parts recycling center and I bought an ASUS A7N8X motherboard that looks brand new, even has the matching box, but nothing else.
I also purchased an athlon xp 2400 for 10 bucks to go with it.
I dont know for sure if it was good before hand, as you never know with a recycling center, although the motherboard is most likely ok because it is nice and shiny with no heat marks.
This motherboard has the nforce 2 ultra400 chipset that takes ddr400/333/266.
I hooked it up in a box with 1 gig of my Patriot ddr400 and my ati x850xt to try just to turn it on.
The motherboard site said to use at least a 230 watt power supply so I used a 250.
I hooked it all up, and flipped the switch, and the board powered up, but did not post.
I noticed a slight burning smell so I turned it off and took it apart and saw that the CPU was burned up on the bottom. The burn is a small bump that is brown.
What would cause this to happen?
Could the processor been bad beforehand then burned up when I tried to test it?
Did I burn the processor by not having a big enough power supply?
Any help is appreciated, as I mainly specialise in Intel stuff, so I know little about AMD world.
I have access to a computer parts recycling center and I bought an ASUS A7N8X motherboard that looks brand new, even has the matching box, but nothing else.
I also purchased an athlon xp 2400 for 10 bucks to go with it.
I dont know for sure if it was good before hand, as you never know with a recycling center, although the motherboard is most likely ok because it is nice and shiny with no heat marks.
This motherboard has the nforce 2 ultra400 chipset that takes ddr400/333/266.
I hooked it up in a box with 1 gig of my Patriot ddr400 and my ati x850xt to try just to turn it on.
The motherboard site said to use at least a 230 watt power supply so I used a 250.
I hooked it all up, and flipped the switch, and the board powered up, but did not post.
I noticed a slight burning smell so I turned it off and took it apart and saw that the CPU was burned up on the bottom. The burn is a small bump that is brown.
What would cause this to happen?
Could the processor been bad beforehand then burned up when I tried to test it?
Did I burn the processor by not having a big enough power supply?
Any help is appreciated, as I mainly specialise in Intel stuff, so I know little about AMD world.
