Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition 5000 reboots

I just purchased a Athlon X2 Black Edition 2.6 GHZ 5000 and replaced my Athlon 64 chip ( my motherboard is a Geforce6100M-MS and it is X2 Compat.

However, after installing the chip originally, my Windows XP Pro SP2 booted up just fine and then it stated it needed to reboot because it recognized a new CPU.

When I rebooted, the boot upscreen went well, then all of a sudden, it asked to start windows normally or in safe mode.

I proceeded to boot in Normal and then the thing just keeps rebooting!

Any thoughts?

Ok, another stupid thing too, is that the CPU did not come with the heat sink compound, so I scrapped what was on the other on off and used that....is it screwing up because of that? Another thing is I tried to reinstall my original CHIP and it will not boot either!

Now, one more questions, what if I F'd up and reset my CMOS? Will that have any affect on my already installed Windows XP pro O/S?

Thanks guys!

Paul Krumrei
Showcarcentral.com

Thanks for the information. I guess I learned not to use that junk again!

The processor is recognized by the MOBO, because I see it went it starts to boot.

I will get some new thermal and see what happens.

Thanks again!