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1 minute ago, Smiles4Miles said:

he thinks its the cpu. i know for a fact its not

Agreed. If it was the CPU, then the fans would not keep spinning on startup.

 

There would be a click from the PSU, and the fans would only spin for a second if the CPU was the problem.

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3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Agreed. If it was the CPU, then the fans would not keep spinning on startup.

 

There would be a click from the PSU, and the fans would only spin for a second if the CPU was the problem.

the other cpu is going in. i have to do it. that was a waste of thermal paste

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5 minutes ago, Smiles4Miles said:

the other cpu is going in. i have to do it. that was a waste of thermal paste

It might be a problem with your BIOS not being compatible with the Q6600.

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3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

It might be a problem with your BIOS not being compatible with the Q6600.

oh. same socket but like the ryzen 5 1600 and 2600 deal?

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Just now, Smiles4Miles said:

oh. same socket but like the ryzen 5 1600 and 2600 deal?

Yeah, basically.

 

What CPU did you have in there originally?

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8 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Yeah, basically.

 

What CPU did you have in there originally?

an old pentuim. i forget what one. i know it is quite a bit slower than the q6600

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will the pentium work with the bois update? so after i can switch ?

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21 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Yeah, basically.

 

What CPU did you have in there originally?

doesnt work. same result. im gonna go over the gpu connetions and make sure. other wise is almost for sure the psu right?

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Just now, Smiles4Miles said:

doesnt work. same result. im gonna go over the gpu connetions and make sure. other wise is almost for sure the psu right?

Yes.

Check the RAM too, try switching those around in all the different slots.

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5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Yes.

Check the RAM too, try switching those around in all the different slots.

ok. there are 4 ram slots and all are taken. so just switch those randomly?

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ok. there are 4 ram slots and all are taken. so just switch those randomly?

Try every DIMM in every slot.

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Try every DIMM in every slot.

ok.

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46 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Try every DIMM in every slot.

It booted. When it does, it only shows for maybe 15 to 20 seconds. Then its shuts itself off

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10 hours ago, Smiles4Miles said:

It booted. When it does, it only shows for maybe 15 to 20 seconds. Then its shuts itself off

And this is with the older CPU?

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44 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

And this is with the older CPU?

im not sure about older, but it was the one that was in there originaly

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59 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

And this is with the older CPU?

its with a pentium 4 im pretty sure. thats the original one

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2 minutes ago, Smiles4Miles said:

its with a pentium 4 im pretty sure. thats the original one

So it'll power on for a little bit and then shut off?

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16 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

So it'll power on for a little bit and then shut off?

yes. about 15 to 20 seconds. enough to get in bios. it will only detect the ssd as well, not the hdd

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1 minute ago, Smiles4Miles said:

yes. about 15 to 20 seconds. enough to get in bios. it will only detect the ssd as well, not the hdd

Hmm.

 

Does it boot loop?

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Hmm.

 

Does it boot loop?

no. 15 to 20 seconds then just nothing

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3 minutes ago, Smiles4Miles said:

no. 15 to 20 seconds then just nothing

Weird, I've never heard of that happening.

 

What happens if you try a different power supply?

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1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Weird, I've never heard of that happening.

 

What happens if you try a different power supply?

need to still try that. im thinking maybe a little flaw in the mobo because of the years it hasnt been used. or the power supply

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6 minutes ago, Smiles4Miles said:

need to still try that. im thinking maybe a little flaw in the mobo because of the years it hasnt been used. or the power supply

Power supply sounds like more of a problem, or faulty RAM.

 

I'm waiting on making a decision on the RAM until I hear the results from a different PSU.

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Power supply sounds like more of a problem, or faulty RAM.

 

I'm waiting on making a decision on the RAM until I hear the results from a different PSU.

oh ok. ill pull my psu i guess.

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