- Jan 11, 2013
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Hi,
I just recently tried to upgrade the CPU on this old dimension e521 (since it was running an awful AMD 64 Athlon 3200+) to an AMD 64 athlon x2 6000+. I succeeded in removing the old CPU and installing the new one with all the proper precautions. So once it was all in there, I closed the panel, hooked it up and powered it up. At first, it turned on just like all the other times, but within a few seconds, it immediately shut down without any warning (no sounds, or screen warnings). I tried to start it up again but all it did was show was a blinking orange light. No fans or power to any other hardware can be heard.
At that moment, I opened up the case and began to inspect the wires to make sure each one was connected correctly and sure enough, nothing was out of place. I tried resetting the configuration by removing the CMOS battery and holding the power button for more than 15 seconds, as well as having all connections unplugged to the motherboard. After a full 5 minutes, I put them all back and tried to power it up but I got the same light. Strangely, it instantly starts to blink orange simply by plugging in the power cord, I don't have to push the power button just to get that light. I thought maybe the new CPU was bad so I proceeded to replace it with the old one, but I still got the same blinking orange. I searched on google for some solutions to help fix this problem but I can't seem to find any that is helping me out. I'm not sure if its a bad psu or the motherboard just failed on me. What do you guys think? I hoping to find a good solution or answer if its the psu being the problem (if a psu can instantly just fail after a few seconds on boot with the new cpu) or if its the motherboard (same theory in relevance to the psu).
Just to add more info: I've updated the bios before installing the new CPU, the computer worked perfectly fine before, and I took all precautions in terms of preventing static while installing the CPU.
I just recently tried to upgrade the CPU on this old dimension e521 (since it was running an awful AMD 64 Athlon 3200+) to an AMD 64 athlon x2 6000+. I succeeded in removing the old CPU and installing the new one with all the proper precautions. So once it was all in there, I closed the panel, hooked it up and powered it up. At first, it turned on just like all the other times, but within a few seconds, it immediately shut down without any warning (no sounds, or screen warnings). I tried to start it up again but all it did was show was a blinking orange light. No fans or power to any other hardware can be heard.
At that moment, I opened up the case and began to inspect the wires to make sure each one was connected correctly and sure enough, nothing was out of place. I tried resetting the configuration by removing the CMOS battery and holding the power button for more than 15 seconds, as well as having all connections unplugged to the motherboard. After a full 5 minutes, I put them all back and tried to power it up but I got the same light. Strangely, it instantly starts to blink orange simply by plugging in the power cord, I don't have to push the power button just to get that light. I thought maybe the new CPU was bad so I proceeded to replace it with the old one, but I still got the same blinking orange. I searched on google for some solutions to help fix this problem but I can't seem to find any that is helping me out. I'm not sure if its a bad psu or the motherboard just failed on me. What do you guys think? I hoping to find a good solution or answer if its the psu being the problem (if a psu can instantly just fail after a few seconds on boot with the new cpu) or if its the motherboard (same theory in relevance to the psu).
Just to add more info: I've updated the bios before installing the new CPU, the computer worked perfectly fine before, and I took all precautions in terms of preventing static while installing the CPU.
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