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chuckt56

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hello, got a question for you guys with little more knowledge on cpu's than me , i recently got a new mb and cpu amd athlon 5000 64x2 dual core when i first got it and installed every thing and every thing was fine then yesterday i just put in a new video card radeon 4850hd after insalling the card and turning power back on installed all drivers it worked great well i opened the case back up to rearrange some wires power was off tied some wires and then turned power back on and when i was closing the case i moved one of the molex plugs and my system almost shut off so i wiggled it again and same thing happened turned off power had a bad plug so i change it and when i turned power on no post boot nothing reset several times same thing tried disconnecting my vid card and ram got a series of long beeps put it all back waited awile 15 - 20 mn turned it back on booted up fine had the same trouble in the am again i finally got it working again now when i go into windows cont pnl /system my cpu only shows 1.0 gz as oppose to before it was always 2.6 gz did i fry one of my cores or is it a mb ? sorry for the long explanation
 
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chuckt56 said:
hello, got a question for you guys with little more knowledge on cpu's than me , i recently got a new mb and cpu amd athlon 5000 64x2 dual core when i first got it and installed every thing and every thing was fine then yesterday i just put in a new video card radeon 4850hd after insalling the card and turning power back on installed all drivers it worked great well i opened the case back up to rearrange some wires power was off tied some wires and then turned power back on and when i was closing the case i moved one of the molex plugs and my system almost shut off so i wiggled it again and same thing happened turned off power had a bad plug so i change it and when i turned power on no post boot nothing reset several times same thing tried disconnecting my vid card and ram got a series of long beeps put it all back waited awile 15 - 20 mn turned it back on booted up fine had the same trouble in the am again i finally got it working again now when i go into windows cont pnl /system my cpu only shows 1.0 gz as oppose to before it was always 2.6 gz did i fry one of my cores or is it a mb ? sorry for the long explanation
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First off, try using puncuation and paragraphs - it's awfully difficult to read your post!

Second, when you say your turned off the machine, did you physically remove the mains connector? Modern computers still receive power to the motherboard even though it has been turned off. Messing with internal connectors with the mains line still plugged in is one way to fry a motherboard and other peripherals.

Try entering your BIOS and restting to failsafe or optimal defaults.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    Motherboard
    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
    Memory
    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAHARA 21"
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
    2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
    PSU
    800W
    Case
    Thermaltake Tai-Chi
    Cooling
    Tai-Chi Water Cooler
    Keyboard
    Genius
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    384kbps
    Other Info
    Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
i reset my bios got it to boot then i turned my system off again now it is pretty much toast i am not getting any post beep or any thing else i am going to let Gigi-byte and amd handle this i will have to wait until Monday to contact Gigi-byte, you would thing they would have a 24/7 support. I'm sending my CPU out Monday also. but thanks for the reply back, oh i did have the mains disconnected, i also pushed the on button after disconnecting the mains.
 

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chuckt56 said:
i reset my bios got it to boot then i turned my system off again now it is pretty much toast i am not getting any post beep or any thing else i am going to let Gigi-byte and amd handle this i will have to wait until Monday to contact Gigi-byte, you would thing they would have a 24/7 support. I'm sending my CPU out Monday also. but thanks for the reply back, oh i did have the mains disconnected, i also pushed the on button after disconnecting the mains.
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FYI, Frying components due to electrical discharge due to your own tinkering will void the warranty.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2Ghz (OC)
    Memory
    4 GIG DDR2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon 3750
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    (2) 500 Gig SATAII 32mb Cache in RAID 0 array
    PSU
    Antec TruPower 650W
    Internet Speed
    10Mbps Cable
dude i was not tinkering, faulty molex cable it probably would have or already done the damage because it was shorting out even before i touched it i just happen to brush against it when installing the case side cover, all i asked for on this forum was help not stupid and childish accusations
 

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chuckt56 said:
dude i was not tinkering, faulty molex cable it probably would have or already done the damage because it was shorting out even before i touched it i just happen to brush against it when installing the case side cover, all i asked for on this forum was help not stupid and childish accusations
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Easy there Chuck! No-one accused you of anything.

Whether your where tinkering or not, or you accidentally brushed against a faulty molex connector is irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that the side panel of your computer was open, and the mains supply was still connected. Such a scenario is an accident waiting for a time to happen, as you have discovered.

The moral of the story is - if you remove the side panel of your PC for whatever reason, make sure that the machine is properly powered down first and the mains supply is disconnected!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
    Motherboard
    ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi
    Memory
    2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAHARA 21"
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80GB Seagate (I)
    2 x 120GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 200GB Seagate (I/S)
    2 x 250GB Seagate (I/S)
    PSU
    800W
    Case
    Thermaltake Tai-Chi
    Cooling
    Tai-Chi Water Cooler
    Keyboard
    Genius
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    384kbps
    Other Info
    Currently dual booting between Vista x64 Ultimate Windows 7 BETA x64
chuckt56 said:
dude i was not tinkering, faulty molex cable it probably would have or already done the damage because it was shorting out even before i touched it i just happen to brush against it when installing the case side cover, all i asked for on this forum was help not stupid and childish accusations
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It was by no means an accusation. It is simply a fact.

If your power supply is defective, warranty wise you are not permitted to make repairs. That voids the warranty under law

If your trying to RMA other PC parts due to a fault power supply surge, most companies will end up charging you a full replacement cost for the damaged drive in the end as it is not a fault of the manuf during the manuf process. Warranties are meant to cover defects. They don't cover damage caused by a completely different component.

IF this happens to be a brand name PC and not individual components, you may have more luck since the system itself is under warranty.

It's just advice so you know what to expect.

As the user said above me, ANYTIME you crack open your case, you should ensure the power cord is disconnected. I've accidently incorrectly connected power cords to devices during a hot swap that nuked my system. Luckily no damage was done, it just created an electrical short.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2Ghz (OC)
    Memory
    4 GIG DDR2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon 3750
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    (2) 500 Gig SATAII 32mb Cache in RAID 0 array
    PSU
    Antec TruPower 650W
    Internet Speed
    10Mbps Cable
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