On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I received my RMAed motherboard back from MSI today, and although it > powered right on, the BIOS wouldn't post unless I disconnected the > CDROM drive and used a different CPU. I had been overclocking an > AMD64 X2 but luckily I had a Sempron to test with. > > Does this sound like a case of an overclocked CPU burning out and > taking a couple of devices with it, or is it more likely that the > motherboard died and took a couple devices with it, or something else? >
IIRC, most RMA'd hardware isn't 'repaired' in the technical sense. You're typically given a new motherboard. In my experience, overclocking typically doesn't damage unrelated components. The CPU is likely the only problem with your rig, unfortunately. -- Dan Cowsill http://www.danthehat.net -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
