Subj : Re: My usual computer is back in action!
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Kenneth Lantrip
Date : Thu Sep 02 2004 05:43 pm

Pandora Xero wrote:
> well, sort of... I had to use an older processor to make it work, but
> work it does! I would like to ask a question. My processor (the one
> that is now dead) was an AthlonXP 3000 (333mhz), never overclocked. I
> was using a fan/heatsink that was certified up to 3200. What i would
> like to know is: how the hell did I lose a processor if I had never
> overclocked it, and had a pretty good fan? If it was the Fan/Heatsink,
> could someone recommend one for my planned beastly ressurrection*? It
> would be nice if i knew what I should look at when buying a
> fan/heatsink. NOISE IS NOT AN ISSUE. I can turn up my music louder if
> the fan is too loud ;D.
> 
> Thx N Adv
> --Pandora Xero
> 
> *Planned Beastly ressurrection consists of the following: 1. a really
> good fan/heatsink (noise is not an issue, but price is) 2. an AMD
> AthlonXP 3200 with 400MHZ FSB. and all of my old system specs.

I've just restored my system from an AMD 1.2 Athlon just this past 
monday (8-30).  The problem with mine was the motherboard was talking to 
me though the PC speaker, something about "the processor is not working 
properly or is not inserted correctly.  Or there could be a proble with 
the lithium battery."  Something like that.  Anyway, I knew that it 
wasn't the processor.  It was the motherboard.  Because I had gone 
through this exact same ordeal with my wife's computer.  Same exact 
brand and all (they were bought at the same time).

The problem was the cheap SOYO motherboards that were used.  The 
processors actually still work in other motherboards.  But I've upgraded 
  to the 64 bit world now.

Hope you get it figured out.

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