cooling prob?

[nta333]

I have an ASUS A7N266, XP 1700+, and a "standard" 300W PSU that comes with the system when i bought it.. (i just bought the system this summer!)

Lately I just bought a Volcano 9.
Since then my computer doesn't bootup anymore, i mean not even a beep sound.. I cannot access the BIOS, just one big black screen..

So is the Volcano "taking too much power".. so my board burned ?! or my PSU is not powerful enough?

I thought the motherboard burned, so i bought an ECS K7S5A v3.1a, but i got the same result!!

Can anyone help me? I'm thinking the volcano is the problem, bu ti don't really understand why..

thanks in advance
i have a radeon ddr 64mb vivo, 256mb 266mhz DDR if that helps...

[saidin]

make sure your fan is pluged into the mobo correctly. If not, the computer will not turn on. It is a safety precaution. I would reset the connection. Hope this helps. :thumb:

[ReSpAwN DeMoN]

Unplug the fan from its power connector and see if the system boots up. That will tell you if the fan is drawing too much power or not. But a 300Watt PSU should be MORE then sufficient for that little fan. I have like 12 fans in my system and my 300 watter is powering it up just fine. I also have a CCFL and my PSU is still going strong. But just as a sanity check pull the fan and see if it powers up or not.

[nta333]

I put back my stock cpu fan after that, but still didn't work.
I can't possibly burn 2 boards in one day.. can I?!:shoot3: :snip:

[SegiY]

Sometimes PSU's can degrade over time, try a differenent (and more powerfull) PSU.
Also on that note the ECS board you have is a high power drawing MoBo

[ReSpAwN DeMoN]

Um it may be a bit far fetched but........examine the processor did you crack the core?

[pga1234]

At this point I don't think too much would be far fetched. I think it is a possibility...

[ReSpAwN DeMoN]

It surely sounds like it if you ask me.

[pga1234]

nta333, do you have a digital camera? If so could you post some pics of your CPU?

[SegiY]

might not even be a crack, could be only a chip, if there is anything that doesn't look quite right with your cpu then tell us

[pga1234]

That is going to really suck if it is a cracked/chipped core :cry:

[SegiY]

accully i just got my CPU back from warranty, put the Volcano 7+ on it last night (with shim) pluged it in at lunch and i'm having the same prob, did not go in to deep investagation though.

[nta333]

Well the processor looks fine to me, but i'm gonna have it checked at my friend's store today.. and we'll see, mine is still under warranty so it's not that bad..

I tried it on 2 different boards with the OEM cpufan and got the same result, so it must be the processor

[nta333]

do you guys use the heat sensor that comes with the volcano9?
that little strip that goes under the processor when installed..

just a thought! ;-)

[Wiggo]

Sorry but most of us use Volcano 7+'s or better (sorry but the 9 isn't as good) so a lot of us can't comment about the thermal sensor but under no circumstances would I power that heatsink's fan off the mobo header as it will burn the header and/or the mobo itself out and that mobo has enough issues without adding to them. Just let the mobo monitor the fan but power it straight from the PSU (it may even work then). : peace2:
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