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July 23rd, 2004, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bovon Sure sounds like the CPU is heating up and the BIOS is shutting the system down. About 6 seconds is what it takes for an AMD to shut down when it has no heatsink, or a heatsink that is not seated properly.
How much thermal compound did you put on the CPU core..or, does the heatsink have a thermal pad attached. Do you have the CPU HS-fan connected to the motherboard fan header?..or to a molex connector from the PSU. (BTW, what kind of heatsink and fan do you use?).
Do you still get anything to screen before it shuts down?..any video at all? You said you did..are you still seeing that BioStar splash screen?
I believe that long tone from the speaker is telling you/us what the problem is..but I don't know what it could mean. | Okay, I hooked another fan up to the MB and it did the same thing, with two fans running.
Not using thermal compound, I am using thermal tape / pad? I don't know how large it should be, but the thermal pad is the same size as the CPU.
The fan is made by "Manhattan” it has copper heat sinks and a ball bearing motor.
I only got that long tone during troubleshooting when I had disconnected the HD. Any other time I just get the standard beep. | 
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July 23rd, 2004, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by brandon184 What operating system are you running?
Had a similiar problem a while ago with a system running XP... The registry was borked. Only a complete re-format and reinstallation would solve the problem.
Brandon |
No O/S yet, it's a new build. | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Bovon Do you still get anything to screen before it shuts down?..any video at all? You said you did..are you still seeing that BioStar splash screen? |
Yes, still getting the Biostar splash screen. | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by soot no, an AMD takes about 1 second to melt before your eyes without a heatsink, I remember the day very well  | Reminds me of a very similar memory... What a very silly thing to do...
Blew up my mobo that way too....   | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by WTW Yes, still getting the Biostar splash screen. | Sounds to me that the mobo/BIOS is buggered...
Since you have stripped it down to the bare minimum:-
Mobo
CPU
Vid Card
1 Stick of RAM
If it was anything else, you will get beeps or post msgs...
Had a similar problem, but I didn't get the splash screen... That was when I blew my mobo... :'( | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 08:51 AM
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Okay, to address the cooling issue. I conducted a totally unscientific experiment. I removed the cooling fan from the CPU and placed it in the freezer for about 30min. (I’m desperate) I then re-attached it to the CPU and guess what, now it finished POST and stopped and gave me a warning saying system needs to be reset because of overclocking. I had enough time to go into the CMOS setup. However, just about when I got to restoring original defaults, it shut off. So does this mean it’s a cooling issue? If so what else can I do? This freakin’ fan cost me $40 bucks. It’s supposed to be the high speed copper model. Should I go with thermal compound instead of thermal pad? Or just keep freezing my Fan
One more question, if I get to CMOS setup again, where should I go to change the settings to normal? | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 09:01 AM
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Depends on your mobo bios...
For mine it's under "advanced" then "hardware setting" or something like that...
You OCing at the moment? | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Chaffers Depends on your mobo bios...
For mine it's under "advanced" then "hardware setting" or something like that...
You OCing at the moment? | Forgive my ignorance, what's OCing? OverClocking? I don't know?
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July 23rd, 2004, 09:13 AM
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Did the deep=freeze thing again. After POST it dropped me at a screen that showed the CPU status, temp, fan speed etc. And of cource a blurb that says insert system disk. This time I decided to watch the CPU temp it was 102 degrees when it shut off.
Fan?
BIOS?
CPU?
Operator? | |
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July 23rd, 2004, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by WTW Forgive my ignorance, what's OCing? | Over Clocking - Increasing the speed of your components so that they exceed the manufacturers default settings... making it go faster... | |
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