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mrflushysheaven
03-18-2004, 09:35 PM
ok i started building my first rig today. i have p4p800 deluxe with 2.4 MO and sp-94, 512 of hyperx 3200 bh-5 and 9600xt. after a couple hours putting everything together, i plug it in and turn it on and turns out "system failed cpu test". so i tried to take out the cpu and put it back in. same result. so i thought the cpu has problems so i went and put in in my bro's system and it worked fine. i tried his 2.6 and it had the same error.
so there's probably something wrong with my mobo? that sucks cause i took off the stock heatsink holder thingy to put my sp-94 on and threw it away :( . also i bought this couple months ago from newegg before buying the rest of my things cause i'm impatient like that. very bad idea. so is there anything else possible wrong that i could possibly change. i hope so cause i don't even have enough for a cd drive right now using an old one. please help thanks.
Reflex1
03-18-2004, 11:03 PM
that blows! ...try buy a dead P4 board off someone, put the bracket back on and RMA it. if u have the receipt. u cud also always try different ram.
neyoung
03-19-2004, 12:19 AM
I've seen places where you can buy a replacement hs retention thing. I tried looking through my bookmarks and couldn't find a store that had one, but I know they are sold somehwere! Look around and you can find a place to get one. Then put it on and rma the board.
oc-rookie
03-19-2004, 12:48 AM
http://www.xtwerkz.com/intel_cpu_coolers.htm
Bottom of page. GL.
mrflushysheaven
03-19-2004, 03:33 PM
before i try to rma it, could the problem be because the heatsink is on too tight and that might push some pins or something down too hard?
skate2snow
03-19-2004, 03:44 PM
Just in case, try to clr CMOS.
The Runner
03-19-2004, 05:32 PM
Originally posted by mrflushysheaven
ok i started building my first rig today. i have p4p800 deluxe with 2.4 MO and sp-94, 512 of hyperx 3200 bh-5 and 9600xt. after a couple hours putting everything together, i plug it in and turn it on and turns out "system failed cpu test". so i tried to take out the cpu and put it back in. same result. so i thought the cpu has problems so i went and put in in my bro's system and it worked fine. i tried his 2.6 and it had the same error.
so there's probably something wrong with my mobo? that sucks cause i took off the stock heatsink holder thingy to put my sp-94 on and threw it away :( . also i bought this couple months ago from newegg before buying the rest of my things cause i'm impatient like that. very bad idea. so is there anything else possible wrong that i could possibly change. i hope so cause i don't even have enough for a cd drive right now using an old one. please help thanks.
ouch dude,
#Rule 1. NEVER THROW THINGS AWAY! :stick:
mrflushysheaven
03-19-2004, 07:35 PM
hahah ok. problem solved. turns out i forgot to plug in the square looking power connector to the mobo. works great now. time to start ocing my MO
Reflex1
03-20-2004, 08:22 AM
LoL, same happened to me yesterday ...forgot to put in mach II 4 pin power connector, ....but found problem fast
mrflushysheaven
03-20-2004, 09:21 AM
lol. thank god all is well now. i need more time to oc i'm at 265 right now stable at stock voltage. anyone know how accurate asus pc probe is? last night with window open i got like 19 during load. maybe it's off by 10 but 29c load is pretty damn good for me on air.