ARG#$!...I've changed pretty much every component in my system by now, yet I still can't boot.
Currently my motherboard is a brand new "ASUS P4R800-V DELUXE 9100IGP". This mb includes video, audio, and lan. My ram is " DDRAM 512MB|64X64 VS DDR400 COR". My CPU is " CPU P4/3.2EGHz 800M 478P/1MB HT OEM", which means it is a P4 Prescott.
Upon connecting the power (oddly, I don't even have to press the computer's power on button), a charming voide repeats the phrase "CPU check failed". So, last week I returned my old cpu for a new one. However, I still get the same message. What could be wrong?
I've got 3 theories, none of which make much sense:
1. I've gotten two bad CPU's in a row. (This really seems doubtful.)
2. My motherboard is bad. (Also doubtful, not so much because it is Asus, but because this is the second motherboard / ram pair I have tried with the first cpu. The other motherboard -- Abit -- worked at first, but after several hours stopped booting. At the time I figured the mb was bad.)
3. My power supply is bad. (It certainly still delivers power, and I've never heard of a bad power supply. However, one of it's two fans stopped working recently, so perhaps it is to blame. In fact, this is the only core component of my system that has remained constant through 3 sets of mb/ram/cpu.)
4. My mb doesn't support this cpu. (Wrong. It claims to support cpu's up to 3.2 ghz, and to be prescott ready.)
5. I've got some jumpers set incorrectly. (This wouldn't explain the trouble with my past mb, but might explain the current trouble. However, what jumper settings could cause a cpu check to fail? After all, I left them on the default configuration.)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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