problems after trying to unlock xp1800

voxpop

Guys,

Earlier today I tried to unlock my athlon(palomio) 1800 - i joined up all the L1 bridges with some conductive silver paint i got from maplin - also filled the pits with superglue. Anyway I put the chip back into the pc and switched it on, everything started up but hte monitor didnt go on - there was a weird smell too.

Did i fry the chip or is there something i can do to bring the system back to life ?

RicardoSmith

Sounds like the chip to be honest. Any scorch marks on it? You have to be very clean with modding cpus. Any stray conductive material on the chip can fry it. Also it sooooo easy to out the HSF on incorrectly on a AMD chip. I wasted a 1.33ghz in the past I to this day I have no idea why it happened. I had a 1Ghz chip that I abused in all sorts of ways, using it without a HSF etc. But despite lots of scorch marks it kept working. Amazing little chip.

voxpop

no scorch marks anywhere - just the funny smell when it starts.

Whare are you saying about the HSF? I havnt put the heatsink or anything back on while i tested the cpu - would this stop it booting or just cause the machine to fall over at some random time when it overheated ?

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
no scorch marks anywhere - just the funny smell when it starts.

Whare are you saying about the HSF? I havnt put the heatsink or anything back on while i tested the cpu - would this stop it booting or just cause the machine to fall over at some random time when it overheated ?

Unless you have thermal protection on the motherboard an AMD cpu will die within seconds if powered up with at least a heastsink on it. Mine have survived a minute or two without a fan but without a heatsink aswell I think it would be fried instantly.

Of course theres a slim chance its something else like the PSU or the motherboard. But you'll need a second system to test everything. I reckon its the PSU though.

tuxy

Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
I havnt put the heatsink or anything back on while i tested the cpu

err very bad move only takes those chips about 3/5 seconds to fry with out a heatsink
would explain the strange smell also

Col_Loki

Wow !!

Anyway, try with the heatsink installed and see if you got extremely lucky and your chip still works..........judging from the fact that you get a smell your chances are pretty low. Worth a try anyway.

CombatCow

Seriously i dont know whether to laugh or cry,why in the hell did you think you could run the cpu without a heatsink!!!!! :eek:



CombatCow

Dr. Dre

Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
I havnt put the heatsink or anything back on while i tested the cpu

:eek: My My.
Fingers crossed for you, if it works you should do the lotto tonight.

voxpop

Just didnt think the processor would fry so quickly without a heatsink, figured i would have, at least, 10-20 seconds and then the bios would shut down automatically (the bios does this automatically - or says it does) if it got too hot.

Just wanted to check if it got as far as mem test then I'd put the heatsink/fan back on - ah well

Anyway it gives me an excuse to buy some new gear

RicardoSmith

Some AMD motherboards will turn off power to the CPU if they detect that the CPU fan is not connected or not running or that the CPU is getting too hot. This is one of the drawbacks of a AMD system. The Intel P4's don't do this.

unkel

Originally posted by Combatcow
i dont know whether to laugh or cry

me too :dunno:

voxpop

Tried it again with the heatsink/fan all connected up and this time there was a satisifying puff of smoke .

RicardoSmith

Hopefully the motherboard is undamaged.

Delphi91

Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
Tried it again with the heatsink/fan all connected up and this time there was a satisifying puff of smoke .

Tá sé marbh!

Mike