Just got my $199 e6600

[RockingDude]

Just got my e6600 from fry's and the ah heck will post but not get past that.

I had an e6300 ES in there previously but I rma'd it a few months ago.

Put in my old pentD920 and it's been going smooth since then.

Got in on the 6600 deal, and it's not working.

It's Step F, but I'm not sure if I'm not doing something correctly.

I'm on a Gigabyte S3.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I guess u tryin to boot from a previously installed windows hard drive. When u change components ( i know for motherboards but maybe for processors too?) in ur system and try to boot again in same windows xp that u installed before the new components arrived, sometimes it wont boot...
Plp fixed it by booting with the windows xp disk and then selecting new fresh/clean install of xp and then when u get to the partitions and it finds theres a windows installed in 1 of the partitions... u pick to repair that windows installation and u let it do the whole thing( seems like a brand new installation, but its ok) when u reboot, all ur programs will still be there and work. U might loose just a few settings but im not sure...

Id do this only if nothing else works... try everything else before that

 

[RockingDude]

Already tried that. It won't go past post screen, it just sits at a command prompt, like right before it's supposed to say the irqs and where it says "boot to cd"

If nobody can think of anything, guess it's to the RMA bin

 

[Diogenes2]

Did you clear CMOS ?

 

[yuppiejr]

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Just got my e6600 from fry's and the ah heck will post but not get past that.

I had an e6300 ES in there previously but I rma'd it a few months ago.

Put in my old pentD920 and it's been going smooth since then.

Got in on the 6600 deal, and it's not working.

It's Step F, but I'm not sure if I'm not doing something correctly.

I'm on a Gigabyte S3.

Perhaps the new stepping e6600 requires a BIOS update? What was the problem with your old 6300 anyway, same symptoms?

With the D920 still installed, download the latest BIOS update for your board and install it.

After the update, reinstall the e6600 - use the clear CMOS jumper to hard wipe the BIOS config, then try booting up.

 

[Shimmishim]

There's no new stepping.

F he's referring to is the batch.

All conroes should be stepping 6 (i think the B1's are stepping 5), revision B2.

No bios update is needed.

I agree with diogenes2. just clear the cmos first and try to boot. make sure to select right hard drive as boot drive (assuming you have more than 1 drive).

 

[The-Noid]

Originally posted by: RockingDude
I had an e6300 ES in there previously but I rma'd it a few months ago.

Interesting that you RMAed that.

 

[RockingDude]

the 6300 was running hot, about 50c or more depending on voltage.

I cleared the cmos multiple times, as it wasn't booting up.

I thought I tried everything, and I guess I was right, suppose it's RMA time.

 

[stevty2889]

If it's hanging up where you are describing it, it doesn't sound like a CPU issue, but rather motherboard/memory related. Have you tried running with a single stick of ram, disconnecting the CD/DVD drive(s) and any additional hard drives, verified all the power connections are plugged in to the motherboard(could have bumped something loose while swapping CPU's), disabled any unused onboard devices in the bios? Verified that the video card has it's power plugged in? It's very rare for a CPU to be bad, but it does happen, but I have the feeling that if you just RMA'd the CPU without checking all other possibilites first, you'll have the same problem when you get the replacement..

 

[RockingDude]

Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

 

[imported_burningrave101]

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

If you cleared the CMOS and ensured that all your BIOS settings for your memory and other devices was what they should be in order to boot properly then your CPU might be bad. You could of even damaged it when you installed it by an ESD shock or possibly bending a pin. Did you check the pins on the bottom of the CPU? None are bent or broken off are they?

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: burningrave101

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

If you cleared the CMOS and ensured that all your BIOS settings for your memory and other devices was what they should be in order to boot properly then your CPU might be bad. You could of even damaged it when you installed it by an ESD shock or possibly bending a pin. Did you check the pins on the bottom of the CPU? None are bent or broken off are they?

If the pins were broken then how would the Pentium D 920 post?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: burningrave101

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

If you cleared the CMOS and ensured that all your BIOS settings for your memory and other devices was what they should be in order to boot properly then your CPU might be bad. You could of even damaged it when you installed it by an ESD shock or possibly bending a pin. Did you check the pins on the bottom of the CPU? None are bent or broken off are they?

If the pins were broken then how would the Pentium D 920 post?

u guys are really funny.

There are no pins on a LGA775 chip.

 

[hans007]

you could have damaged the pins in your cpu socket, tore a cap off the cpu etc.


also how do you RMA an engineerin sample. that makes no sense.

 

[imported_burningrave101]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: burningrave101

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

If you cleared the CMOS and ensured that all your BIOS settings for your memory and other devices was what they should be in order to boot properly then your CPU might be bad. You could of even damaged it when you installed it by an ESD shock or possibly bending a pin. Did you check the pins on the bottom of the CPU? None are bent or broken off are they?

If the pins were broken then how would the Pentium D 920 post?

u guys are really funny.

There are no pins on a LGA775 chip.

haha yea, I just remembered that. I was used to the AMD systems I had last year and only had a Core 2 Duo system for a few weeks. I've been on a laptop since but I just received my new parts to begin building a new desktop with an e6600.

 

[RockingDude]

So consensus say... poo poo cpu, time to email fry's!

I hope they have one to send me, they sold out of these things fast

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: burningrave101

Originally posted by: RockingDude
Well I'm on the computer again, and all I did was switch back in the 920... so it's none of that, not a motherboard issue.

I tried the 6600 on a new board I got for the 920, and it won't even post...

any other ideas?

If you cleared the CMOS and ensured that all your BIOS settings for your memory and other devices was what they should be in order to boot properly then your CPU might be bad. You could of even damaged it when you installed it by an ESD shock or possibly bending a pin. Did you check the pins on the bottom of the CPU? None are bent or broken off are they?

If the pins were broken then how would the Pentium D 920 post?

u guys are really funny.

There are no pins on a LGA775 chip.

But there are pins on a LGA775 motherboard.

 

[Fallengod]

I was gonna ask what hans did. How did you RMA an engineering sample cpu? That doesnt make sense?


Also I have in my life ever seen a CPU doa so..... I guess it may be. This would be a first for me. Hard to believe tho. If I had to guess it is the motherboard and/or bios settings.

 

[RockingDude]

Originally posted by: Fallengod
I was gonna ask what hans did. How did you RMA an engineering sample cpu? That doesnt make sense?


Also I have in my life ever seen a CPU doa so..... I guess it may be. This would be a first for me. Hard to believe tho. If I had to guess it is the motherboard and/or bios settings.

I returned the ES for a refund since they couldn't get me a different one.

And I'm chugging away with my 920 on the same mobo as I chugged with the 6300, so I'm sure it's none of those, as it doesn't work in that brand new board also.

 

[imported_burningrave101]

Originally posted by: RockingDude

Originally posted by: Fallengod
I was gonna ask what hans did. How did you RMA an engineering sample cpu? That doesnt make sense?


Also I have in my life ever seen a CPU doa so..... I guess it may be. This would be a first for me. Hard to believe tho. If I had to guess it is the motherboard and/or bios settings.

I returned the ES for a refund since they couldn't get me a different one.

And I'm chugging away with my 920 on the same mobo as I chugged with the 6300, so I'm sure it's none of those, as it doesn't work in that brand new board also.

When you removed the 920 did you remove the motherboard battery and clear the CMOS and then install the E6600? Try doing that again and leave the battery out for a while.

 

[RockingDude]

No I didn't but I did short the cmos jumper multiple times.. which is the same thing.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: RockingDude

Originally posted by: Fallengod
I was gonna ask what hans did. How did you RMA an engineering sample cpu? That doesnt make sense?


Also I have in my life ever seen a CPU doa so..... I guess it may be. This would be a first for me. Hard to believe tho. If I had to guess it is the motherboard and/or bios settings.

I returned the ES for a refund since they couldn't get me a different one.

And I'm chugging away with my 920 on the same mobo as I chugged with the 6300, so I'm sure it's none of those, as it doesn't work in that brand new board also.

I'll ask too, how do you RMA an ES, since no retail place can legaly sell you one, how can you even get an RMA?

 

[myocardia]

You need to replace your psu, not your motherboard or processor.

 

[RockingDude]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: RockingDude

Originally posted by: Fallengod
I was gonna ask what hans did. How did you RMA an engineering sample cpu? That doesnt make sense?


Also I have in my life ever seen a CPU doa so..... I guess it may be. This would be a first for me. Hard to believe tho. If I had to guess it is the motherboard and/or bios settings.

I returned the ES for a refund since they couldn't get me a different one.

And I'm chugging away with my 920 on the same mobo as I chugged with the 6300, so I'm sure it's none of those, as it doesn't work in that brand new board also.

I'll ask too, how do you RMA an ES, since no retail place can legaly sell you one, how can you even get an RMA?

I returned it to them, no they can't legally sell it to me, but they did anyways.

You need to replace your psu, not your motherboard or processor.

Ok, so how do I run a D920 which takes what, double the wattage of that e6600?

 

[The-Noid]

I don't think you know what you are doing. You should sell your computer and buy a Dell.

You definitely shouldn't be buying ES's and things that take a bit of skill...

ES Conroe run very hot, that is why they are an Engineering Sample. They are WIP.

Your problem is as another guy put a PSU problem. I have literally never seen a dead Intel CPU. It is pretty hard to kill them even when you are trying.