CPU problem?

[Stone9]

Hi guys,

I recently built a new machine using a combo package from Fry's:

E6400
ECS P965T-A
2 GB OCZ Gold Edition 800 MHz

However, when the machine boots up, in the BIOS screen, it gets to the point where it reads the CPU, but then it never reads through the RAM and just sits there. I can't DEL or anything to get into the BIOS.

Any ideas on what my problem might be? I don't think it's the mobo because this is the 3rd mobo of the same model that I've tried! I hope it's not the CPU!

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[lostandwandering]

Do you have a spare Intel CPU you could drop into the MB? If you put a different CPU int the MB and it works, then you found the problem. If you get the same problem with the different CPU then it isn't the issue.

You said that it hangs when it tries to read the RAM. Sounds like thats the problem to me. Try testing each stick of RAM on its own. Put one in and boot and then try the other. Make sure that you RAM and MB work together. I've heard of the rare occasion where the MB didn't like a specific company, but I thought that was Crucial or Corsair not OCZ. Could be wrong. Check the manufacturer's website to be safe.