New cpu trouble

[JG24fan]

Built a new cpu and after about a week of using it it wont start up now. It wont boot up or anything now. The cpu fan turns on when I turn the power on but the video card and hard drive dont seem to be getting power. The CD-Rom drive gets power(from the light) but it doesnt open up or anything. Ive tried 2 psu's on it and both dont work so its not the PSU I know that. Im thinking the motherboard maybe died.

Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
EP-8k9a7i motherboard
512 mb pc3200 ram

[John Prophet]

Welcome to the forum!

maybe try reseating everything...especially the video card...but also maybe the ram

u culd also try clearing the bios with the clear cmos jumper

[sweeper2]

did you have it overclocked at all? How were the temps? My first attempt would be to clear the bios, (take out the MB battery) leave it out for about a minute or so, then put it back in (of course with the pwr off) then see if it boots up.

[JG24fan]

Ill give that a try. I didnt overclock it at all and it ran at about 35*c max

[JG24fan]

Tried resetting the bios and still nothing. I was browsing the forum a little bit and see that it may be the processor. Can processors go in a week(didnt overheat) or did I maybe crack it installing it or something.

[Shabow]

If you did all of that it may just be the PSU.....

[JG24fan]

Would a 900 mhz athlon chip work on the EP-8k9a7i motherboard? If it did I could atleast see if maybe its the processor or not.

[John Prophet]

good question...the only way to know is to try. Obviously it is a 100mhz fsb cpu as is the duron.

there is a list but I dont see the older athlons listed at all...but that doesnt mean they wont work http://www.epox.nl/english/support/a...n04-2-k7-e.pdf

[JG24fan]

Well I tried it and its doing the same thing so maybe its the mobo or its just that that processor doesnt work on the mobo.

[JG24fan]

Decided to RMA the processor and motherboard back to newegg instead of taking a guess and guessing wrong...