problem with computer?
 

i have an asus p4p800se mobo, with a p4 3.2 prescott processor, with the arctice cooling freezer fan, shown here...... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185114, problem is when i installed everything, i can get power on but, its like it not doing anything, the lights come on, it sounds like its booting, but the monitor is not coming in, it just keeps the orange light, instaed of turning green. My question is something not compatible with something here, is there something is should do to prime the system for this new heatsink....any ideas...holla back

Do you suspect overheating of the cpu, going over 60C is shutting down the system?

I have an ASUS P4C800-E with a 2.8 CPU. Standard Intel heat sink that came with the cpu more than a year ago. It runs at about 45C normally. Goes up to 54-55C under heavy sustained usage. My BIOS is set to shut the system down at 60C. It has never shut down for temp problems.

I have a buddy who has a 3.2 using a standard Intel heat sink and it runs in the low 50's. He's tried all sorts of things to get a lower temp without success, but it is still within the rating of the cpu. I understand 3.2 operates at a higher temp than the 2.8 and may not be well thought of by users for that reason (but I don't know that from experience).

If the system has never booted correctly it may be something else.

1. Make sure the cable from the power supply to the mobo didn't get knocked loose.

2. Make sure no IDE (or other) cables are preventing the fan from spinnig.

That's all I can think of.

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Go into bios and somewhere you will see a spot to select default settings. Do you hear the correct number of beeps on power-up? It sounds like it has not accepted the video card if it is an add in card. As far as "priming the system for the new heatsink", all that is needed there is to be sure you did not break the cpu when installing the heatsink and thermal paste.

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Dudelive

If its a monitor issue, try disabling any integrated graphics adapters, or take out any added video cards. Could also be bad memory. Perhaps a cable got knocked loose somewhere as someone else suggested. Only way to find the remedy for your issue is process of elimination.

As far solutions specific to mobo's or heatsinks, I'm not qualified to give a response on that since I've never personally installed or configured either of those 2 items......YET. When and if I ever get to build my own system(and I desperately want to), and I get to work with the said items, than I can post back on how to deal with those issues. But by than you'll have it all worked out :)

TCM

scratch all of that, first of all my comp is just not starting, nothing is turning over, the orange light on my monitor is not turning green, i cannot get to my bios....ill see what happens when i try the original heat sink that came with the processor, thats all i can think of, could it be any problems with the heat sink....dont be afraid to use the big computer terms, i am pretty adept to them, as i fix computers on the side

You should be getting a beep of some kind, most do anyway. Look back at ALL power cables connected to the MB and be sure one is not disconnected. Are any light on the front panel coming on? You may have to remove to cmos battery for 30 seconds to clear bios. If you are not getting as far as bios you may have serious problems.

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Dudelive

Check the CPU is undamaged and seated properly and check you havent disturbed your memory, it's easy to do if the cpu fastener is close to the memory. Remove and re-insert the parts if you feel they may have been disturbed. Same with graphics card, the system won't boot unless it has a graphics card installed. If all else fails then reset your BIOS by either removing the battery for a few mins or using the BIOS clear jumper.

make sure you removed the protective plastic from between the cpu and thermal paste and fan. Also check the motherboard jumpers, you can usualy find them in the motherboard manual. I would start out by removing everything and starting at the basic level, then add components to determine if one is bad.

cool, but check my hyperlink and look at he heatsink i have, that sucker was hard to put in, its going to be even more a task tp pull out....ill report my findings

The following might be of some help

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/cpu2.php?idx=9&disc=

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/downloads/installation/install_freezer4.pdf

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FAQ: The Computer displays a fan warning or switches off after a few seconds

now i have the computer on, come to find out, that heat sink i bought runs slower than the boxed p4 heatsink that came with the cpu, so the processor was overheating badly, besides that now i have the problem of not being able to finish booting, i have no new hardware installed, but the comp turns to a blue screen that tellls me windows has been shut down due to an error....im now thinking i have to reformat my drive....is that so acfter installing a new processor, or what else can be causing this problem. one other thing, i got the comp to boot after i had pulled out all of my pci cards?...strange

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I believe, from what has been said here, is that your power supply could be weak, and the system does not have enough power to run properly...

I would check the output of the PS to start with, Before reinstalling or anything else...

Good luck

BigHead50

Read what I posted above which came from the web site that sells that cooler.

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Dudelive

dudelive from what i see with that page you sent me, it seems to me as f the heatsink i bought is much slower than the heatsink that came with the cpu....is that what your trying to tell me as well

That is possible......read it all again and it says to replace the fan only with a higher speed fan and then go into bios and make some changes there.

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Dudelive