Dead Core 2 Duo?

[ProjectBox153]

A while back my neighbor gave me an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, a chip I am familiar with as it runs in 3 other systems of mine, including my server. In addition to the CPU, he gave me an EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI motherboard, 4GB of DDR2 800 SLI memory, a Radeon HD 3870 and a case. I had never gotten this system working, until recently. Due to a stroke of inspiration I put in a Xeon 3050 CPU. The system posted (which it had sometimes done with the C2D but never fully posted) and ran perfectly. My question: could I simply have a dead CPU? That is all I can think of. Thanks!

[Kosios]

Maybe.  Core 2 duos are cheap.  You can buy a new one.

[ProjectBox153]

5 minutes ago, Kosios said:

Maybe.  Core 2 duos are cheap.  You can buy a new one.

I'm good with the Xeon in the system for now. I have so many other computers I can use that I'm not worried about this one. I was just wondering about the probability of this happening to a CPU. My neighbor hadn't had any issues with it.

[Mooshi]

turn it into a keychain charm

[ProjectBox153]

3 minutes ago, Mooshi said:

turn it into a keychain charm

If I never get it to work I will seriously consider doing that! There aren't any pins in the first place!

[LogicalDrm]

Test it with working mobo. Thats about only way to find out if its working or has some other issues with other components. Though if you get the system as package, it must have worked at some point with that CPU.

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, LoGiCalDrm said:

Test it with working mobo. Thats about only way to find out if its working or has some other issues with other components. Though if you get the system as package, it must have worked at some point with that CPU.

I was never told that this CPU was used with this mobo, I was only given them together. I will try it in a few minutes in a different board.

[LogicalDrm]

2 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I was never told that this CPU was used with this mobo, I was only given them together. I will try it in a few minutes in a different board.

There is slight chance that RAM and CPU wouldn't work together. But very slight. I think mobo and RAM conflicting is more common.

[ProjectBox153]

Just now, LoGiCalDrm said:

There is slight chance that RAM and CPU wouldn't work together. But very slight. I think mobo and RAM conflicting is more common.

I have checked the RAM. I used many different modules (and I mean a lot, as I have a lot of DDR2) and nothing helped. The system only posted once. Oh well. I'll test it in about an hour when I get time

[ProjectBox153]

Old post now, but I did check the CPU. It works fine in a Dell OptiPlex 330 system. I am really not sure why it won't boot in the other machine. Oh well. I don't need it anyway, as it's old as you know.