Could My CPU Be DEAD?

Hey guys

I had a comp that didnt wanna POST after a reboot it just died on me lol. now i werent too sure if it was the CPU or mobo so i had the mobo tested and yes i can confirm its DEAD lol.

now my question is could my CPU be dead also?

If so, why?

what could of caused the mobo to die?

i dont want to rma the CPU there is no physical sign of damage, the temp on the bios was reading 43 degrees, is that hot for a AMD 9950 Phenom?

let me know if you need anymore information on this matter.

Regards

Sean

Mobo: Asus M3a32 MVP Deluxe
CPU: Phenom 9950 (125w) BE
RAM: Combination of Swissbit and PNY totalling 2GB of DDR2 PC-4200 (533mhz)
PSU: AlphaPower 1050watt (quad railed)
GPU: ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB


Think that covers it all anymore info needed give me a shout, hope this helps.

Regards

Sean

Well the motherboard was faulty and didnt wanna post or beep so that was the problem my question is could my CPU be dead also?

there is no sign of damage and i dont think it was overheating temp was 43 degrees according to the bios.

Regards

Sean

i Pray to god that its all good i really dont want to RMA my CPU takes too long lol i should be getting a new mobo in a few days. im getting a Asus M4N78-AM its a nice lil board, im not an overclocker just someone that wants to run crysis at 20-30FPS on a budget (see above for system spec)

so what do you think happened?

i mean it was all fine until a reboot, but i had 2 hit the rest button for it to post even when i first fired the mobo up. why was this?

Regards

Do you think that those "dirty" voltages could of KOed my CPU also?

there is no damage to the CPU physically and there was no smells present but could it still be Fried?.

Regards

Sean

I agree as well the symptoms point only to a dead mobo.. I've had many processors and none have ever died on me "knock on wood"... Boards though are another story..

WELL WELL WELL

Guys if you are following this thread then have i got news for you, it turns out that the motherboard had a dead BIOS thats right, some how the BIOS just died and didnt want to come to life, the bloke i recieved the board from simply replaced the BIOS and the board is now back to life.

how could the bios of died? was it when i installed the chipset drivers from the disk?

as a result could the CPU be dead or can i now rule this out?

Kind Regards

i think it was physically dead, as i did not mess around with it software wise i didnt attemp to flash it as there was no need to. but a replacement BIOS chip was all it took to bring the mobo back to life.

Regards

Sean

IT LIVES!!!! IT LIIIIIVVVEESSS!
(like we said the CPU probably isnt dead, they are tough b4stards, except for dust hmmmmm)