CPU/MB problem? Which one?

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bending pins on cpu's is NOT a good thing and I would look at that as 
the source of your troubles. I have a couple older socket "A" cpu's 
around here if that board can handle in the range of AMD XP1700+, 
currently the slowest I have in stock.

David Rosonowski wrote:

>Well, if you'd like to swing by my place, I can certainly poke at it
>and find out. In the meantime, I would suggest removing the BIOS
>battery, then hitting the power button a couple times. I've seen this
>happen a couple times before, and if it's not a hardware failure, it's
>a grounding or BIOS issue. (Ok, so that covers a lot of ground, but
>yeah)
>
>On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 03:45:40 -0400, Frank Kumro <fkumro at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>A couple of months ago i was running a cs server from a 850 duron and
>>I was having MB problems. So recently I purchased a new motherboard
>>and installed my duron 850 in it. I must say I had to bend a pin or
>>two back into place because I was careless with the processor. I
>>installed the motherboard and processor into my case with HD. I push
>>the power button and the CPU fan spins on, so does the case fan. I can
>>hear the HD spin up and there are no POST beeps. This motherboard has
>>integrated video and I have a monitor plugged into it. I see no
>>picture and nothing happens. I have everything needed to run and it
>>does nothing but start the fans. Is this a MB problem or does it sound
>>like a bad cpu?
>>
>>At this point at 3:51 am I am at my wits end and If I had enough cash
>>i would smash this to pieces (but i dont and im sure this is the tired
>>part of me talking). Any help would be greatl...time to sleep :)
>>--
>>Frank
>>Shenanigans!!
>>
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