Can a bad CPU harm a MOBO?

18 Feb 2005 12:22 AM

geezer

Seems like my new MOBO will no longer work since I tried a CPU in it.
I have a new Gigabyte motherboard and got a monitor image with a new
Athlon XP 2200+ CPU. This morning I substituted an Athlon XP 2600
and nothing happened. Then when I re-tried the 2200+, it failed too.

Help please?

18 Feb 2005 2:35 AM

Jerry G.

It's a big YES. If there is an internal short in the CPU, it is possible
that some I/O components on the mother board can be damaged.

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Seems like my new MOBO will no longer work since I tried a CPU in it.
I have a new Gigabyte motherboard and got a monitor image with a new
Athlon XP 2200+ CPU. This morning I substituted an Athlon XP 2600
and nothing happened. Then when I re-tried the 2200+, it failed too.

Help please?

18 Feb 2005 4:15 AM

kony

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:22:53 GMT, geezer <w**@willy.com>
wrote:

>Seems like my new MOBO will no longer work since I tried a CPU in it.
>I have a new Gigabyte motherboard and got a monitor image with a new
>Athlon XP 2200+ CPU. This morning I substituted an Athlon XP 2600
>and nothing happened. Then when I re-tried the 2200+, it failed too.
>
>Help please?

try clearing cmos

18 Feb 2005 3:06 PM

Mike Walsh

Maybe you zapped the motherboard with static electricity.

geezer wrote:
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> Seems like my new MOBO will no longer work since I tried a CPU in it.
> I have a new Gigabyte motherboard and got a monitor image with a new
> Athlon XP 2200+ CPU. This morning I substituted an Athlon XP 2600
> and nothing happened. Then when I re-tried the 2200+, it failed too.
>
> Help please?

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Mike Walsh
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