Booted with bad chip... now what?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

In article <b1fdd.10373$hN1.7727@twister.socal.rr.com>, Booger
<macamon_black@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I purchased an A7N8X motherboard and placed my old chip into it. Turned
> out the chip was fried in my old system too. But it seems that it may
> have toasted the ASUS board now. Can chips cook boards???

Yes.

For that matter, any component in a computer, that has a power to
I/O signal short, could cook whatever it gets plugged into. So
problems like this are not limited to just processors. That is why,
if a friend calls up, and asks "can I come over and test my duff
processor", just say no.

Was the processor working in the old motherboard, before you upgraded ?
Or was the purpose of the upgrade, to fix what you thought was a
bad motherboard ? With Athlons, sometimes you can tell by the
discoloration of the chip, if there was a thermal problem (i.e. chip
overheated or fried somehow). Sometimes you can even see a mark in
the heatsink.

Paul

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (More info?)

Freaky thing is Paul; there is no discoloration on the chip whatsoever.
It just failed, Now the question is, what fried the chip? I am fearful
of plugging another chip into the motherboard so I'll set it aside until
I get my chips in. I will use my old 1700 chip to test the old board.
But I have discovered the answers in the time it took to get a reply

Thanks

Paul wrote:
> In article <b1fdd.10373$hN1.7727@twister.socal.rr.com>, Booger
> <macamon_black@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I purchased an A7N8X motherboard and placed my old chip into it. Turned
>>out the chip was fried in my old system too. But it seems that it may
>>have toasted the ASUS board now. Can chips cook boards???
>
>
> Yes.
>
> For that matter, any component in a computer, that has a power to
> I/O signal short, could cook whatever it gets plugged into. So
> problems like this are not limited to just processors. That is why,
> if a friend calls up, and asks "can I come over and test my duff
> processor", just say no.
>
> Was the processor working in the old motherboard, before you upgraded ?
> Or was the purpose of the upgrade, to fix what you thought was a
> bad motherboard ? With Athlons, sometimes you can tell by the
> discoloration of the chip, if there was a thermal problem (i.e. chip
> overheated or fried somehow). Sometimes you can even see a mark in
> the heatsink.
>
> Paul