New system problems

[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.

[a5h]

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]

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]

http://www.xtwerkz.com/intel_cpu_coolers.htm

Bottom of page. GL.

[mrflushysheaven]

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]

Just in case, try to clr CMOS.

[The Runner]

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]

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

[a5h]

LoL, same happened to me yesterday ...forgot to put in mach II 4 pin power connector, ....but found problem fast

[mrflushysheaven]

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.