Quote Originally Posted by slugzkea View Post
i installed my orchi today, and the temps were amazing. my e8400 at 4.3 1.56v prime was hitting around 56c, and that is amazing.

good air flow with tons of fans in my cosmos s rc-1100 BTW.

but...all of the sudden, my system failed. it will not boot. i get a half second of power and fan spinning and then nothing.

i've tried:

- disconnecting everything but psu cpu and mobo
- tried a different working psu
- put a anti-static bag underneath the mobo
- re-seated the orchi

all have resulted in no change.

blown motherboard (p35 neo2-fr)?:
I would have said PSU but reading your post it seems you have tried using another working unit....I believe you may have actually succeeded in frying your cpu. From what I've read wolfdales are more voltage sensitive than conroes. 1.56v is a lot for a 45nm chip.

Do you have the possibility of trying another working motherboard?

P.s. it could very well be both: motherboard and cpu but you will never know unless you trie another mobo and at least rule out your cpu.