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michaelmcgo · 01-23-2008, 04:10 PM

I am upgrading my old PC for my wife. I am currently running an AMD XP 2000+ and purchased a pulled AMD XP 2700+ off eBay. I am using an MSI KT4V-L (bios v. 1.7) Mobo. The website states that this bios supports the 2700+ CPU. When I plug the new CPU in, and press the power button, the harddrive light comes on and stays solid for about 10 seconds, then nothing happens. Nothing ever shows up on the screen. Should I flash my bios, or is it not worth attempting anything else because I bought a dud CPU?

01-23-2008, 04:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
michaelmcgo Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 95	Did I buy a fried CPU? I am upgrading my old PC for my wife. I am currently running an AMD XP 2000+ and purchased a pulled AMD XP 2700+ off eBay. I am using an MSI KT4V-L (bios v. 1.7) Mobo. The website states that this bios supports the 2700+ CPU. When I plug the new CPU in, and press the power button, the harddrive light comes on and stays solid for about 10 seconds, then nothing happens. Nothing ever shows up on the screen. Should I flash my bios, or is it not worth attempting anything else because I bought a dud CPU?