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timberwolf1   03-09-2004 at 03:54:47 PM

I bought an AMD Athlon 64 yesterday. Spent the whole of
today installing it in a new motherboard.

Installed all my pheriperals, switched on the PC - nothing - can't get beyond the POST. Tried everything.
Had to go back to the store to get a refund.

Think I'll stick with an AMD Athlon XP or something.

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Zoron   03-09-2004 at 04:10:43 PM
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When you say you tried everything, what exactly do you mean?

Provided the CPU or mobo was ok... you shouldn't have had any problems. I had an Athlon that melted the clips off my HSF (plastic clips, won't make that mistake ever again), yet I stuck with the Athlon because I knew it was an isolated thing... not something that was commonplace.

Your problems don't stem from the fact you bought an AMD64. I would have had the store you got it from check it out for you. (Unless you bought online).

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lisabob2   03-09-2004 at 04:34:47 PM
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Are you sure the problem is the cpu??
Maybe you could have exchanged it for another one and see if it would work.
If the second cpu didn't work then your problem is most probably something else.
It seems to me that the mb could be at fault.
So why assume the cpu is bad?
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Woodman   03-09-2004 at 05:16:15 PM
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Cuz like... it's easier to assume things, than to work hard and figure it out :tongue: .

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P4Man   03-09-2004 at 05:52:05 PM
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if you are getting a POST screen, your cpu and MB are most likely fine. My guess is you didnt connect the IDE cables properly, and it hangs on IDE detection

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SoDNighthawk   03-09-2004 at 06:27:50 PM
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Plug and play is for Light-Brites and not for none technically inclined people.

More issues posted here because users try to do something they have never tried before then when they cant get by the hardware install they blame the components.

Yes it sounds very much like he had the OS corrupted or not freshly installed and his old motherboard drivers were in conflict with his new CPU and MoB or like P4Man said he did not have the hard drive's correctly plugged in.

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jihiggs   03-09-2004 at 07:23:39 PM
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so you took it back because your incompitent? good idea.

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Xeon   03-09-2004 at 09:18:19 PM
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Ease up on him guys hes new, got frustrated and bailed. One time or another we all have done something of the similar. Its sad you sent the A64 they are damned fast, perhaps give it another run or let someone else build it for you.

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tombance   03-09-2004 at 09:56:04 PM
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Hey do you wanna swap your A64, mobo and RAM with my Pentium 2 system? My system does work, so surely its a good deal?

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