Is my stem dead?

[LIVAN]

Ok here we go,


I bought a Nforce2 ultra board Dual Channel with a Barton 2500+.

I have been trying to find the best ram for it. I have tried no brand infineon to not Geil ultra 256x2 Dual Channel cas2.

I got the Dual Channel to boot with the Geil and even over clocked to 218 mhz memory at 6-3-3-2.5.

However, when I switched the Cas to 2 from 2.5, I didn't get a post. I cleared Cmos like 5 times , no post. I changed to different ram, no boot, I even took out the mobo battery and no boot.


I don't think I burned the CPU since it's water cooled and it stopped booting when I switched to Cas 2. So I don't think the system is dead.

But what is going on here? I never had a problem I couldn't fix by clearing Cmos.

I have a ECS N2400U-a board.

Help!

 

[DieHardware]

Was the PSU unplugged when you cleared CMOS?

 

[Slink3r]

If you think you burned the CPU, you can always take off the heatsink from the top of it, and smell it. I've burnt quite a few components in my life, and I've never had a problem telling whether it was burnt or not from a simple smell test.

I think DieHardware is right though, if you left the PSU plugged in, even if turned off while you cleared the CMOS, I think you have some problems.