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Processor question
It looks like I am going to have to replace my Pentium 4 and I found one on Ebay that matches perfectly except mine is a Pentium 4 3.6 660 and the one on Ebay is a 661. What is the difference and is it compatible with my Mobo? XPS Dimension Gen4
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Posted May 25th, 2008 22:00
This is from my previous post on this problem...
This is an addition to my original post about system freezing and shutting off...
XPS Dimension Gen 4...changed Mobo and now unit boots to first post...all the while CPU fans are running full speed...error message says last shutdown due to thermal error...hit F1 to continue...as soon as I hit F1 unit shuts down totally...4 diag lights are A-green B-green C-green D-yellow. Power light stays green. Mobo came from Dell and have double checked all cable connections. Could this be a possible power supply? If so, how to troubleshoot. Thanks
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Re: Changed Mobo and still have same problem OptionsDavet50
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from your manul for you light indications " Another failure has occured
- Ensure that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "System Board Components"
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- If there is an error message on your screen identifying a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive), check the device to make sure it is functioning properly.
- The operating system is attempting to boot from a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive); check the system setup program to make sure that the boot sequence is correct for the devices installed on your computer.
- If the problem persists, contact Dell.
recheck all your connections. You did apply new thermal paste between the processor and heat sink.
Remove all the ram and cards see how it powers on weather the fans still scream..
It looks at this point like it might be a processor issue..but try the other stuff first.
- Ensure that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "System Board Components"
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Posted May 25th, 2008 23:00
Sorry, here it is again. Am rechecking processor install as we speak. Will update.
This is an addition to my original post about system freezing and shutting off...
XPS Dimension Gen 4...changed Mobo and now unit boots to first post...all the while CPU fans are running full speed...error message says last shutdown due to thermal error...hit F1 to continue...as soon as I hit F1 unit shuts down totally...4 diag lights are A-green B-green C-green D-yellow. Power light stays green. Mobo came from Dell and have double checked all cable connections. Could this be a possible power supply? If so, how to troubleshoot. Thanks
Davet50
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from your manul for you light indications " Another failure has occured
- Ensure that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "System Board Components"
- If there is an error message on your screen identifying a problem with a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive), check the device to make sure it is functioning properly.
- The operating system is attempting to boot from a device (such as the floppy drive or hard drive); check the system setup program to make sure that the boot sequence is correct for the devices installed on your computer.
- If the problem persists, contact Dell.
recheck all your connections. You did apply new thermal paste between the processor and heat sink.
Remove all the ram and cards see how it powers on weather the fans still scream..
It looks at this point like it might be a processor issue..but try the other stuff first.
XPS 700>720,Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
4GB OCZ HPC Reaper DDR2 SDRAM PC2 6400 at 800MHz
512MB NVIDIA GeForce XFX8800GTS AlphaDog
250GB & 500Gb Serial ATA Hard Drives
Windows Vista X64
16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW
X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI Sound Card
3dMarks@stock 12316 on XP
3dMarks 11939@stock on Vista X64
Dell Inspiron 6000
80536 CELERON M 1.3G
- Ensure that the cables are properly connected to the system board from the hard drive, CD drive, and DVD drive (see "System Board Components"
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Posted May 25th, 2008 23:00
Sorry, but for some reason, the post got corrupted. I was able to see something about a thermal issue. Are you certain you istalled the processor properly. Thermal paste must be applied to the heatsink before it is installed and also the processor fan must be connected to the proper CPU Fan header on the motherbaord. The heatsink/fan must be installed properly. Any or all of these conditions must be met to insure that a heat related failure does not occur. If the processor senses a overheat condition, it will shut the system down. I would check all thes before ordering a new processor. I believe Davet50 replied to you also and his reply was corrupted. Hope this helps.218
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Posted May 26th, 2008 02:00
All is well. Apparently the paste that came with the Mobo was inferior as it did not spread properly. Cleaned off and applied Arctic Silver 5 and now computer is running perfectly. Thanks to all. My bad.
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Posted May 26th, 2008 19:00
That's great news. Yet another victory of man over machine. Thanks for the update.
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Posted May 25th, 2008 21:00