New CPU problem.

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cunsucu

cunsucu

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Aug 22, 2018
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Hi everybody, i'm new to the forum. As title says, i got a problem with an old school configuration. I got an ASUS P5KPL-AM EPU motherboard, temporarily equipped with a 512mb pc2-4200u RAM chip. Today i got the q6600 CPU that i had ordered, and i noticed from the start some strange things. CPU looks like it's been dropped because it has a mark on the corner, and the IHS got some strange marks on the top, like dried thermal paste, but it didn't go away even using alcohol. I removed the old Pentium 4 that i used temporarily while waiting for the q6600, and i put the new cpu in the socket. After plugging all the things up, i powered up the pc, but i didn't obtain any image on the monitor. So i plugged a mobo speaker, and it gave me 1 long beep, and 2 short beeps followed by a pause, then repeated. From the ASUS website, looks like it's a memory problem, so i reseated the ram like 5 times but without luck. With the Pentium 4, it works fine. So, is it a CPU or a RAM problem?
 
I tested the motherboard with a Pentium 4 519K, and a Celeron D 326.. they both work without issues. I never had a faulty CPU, but this may be the first time.. Anyways is very difficult to break a CPU (of course if you don't OC it). Maybe the previous owner OCed it doing something wrong? Anyways i think that it is a physical damage issue, as i wrote on the first post..
 
A little update:

So i let the seller of the q6600 know the problems i encountered, and he said to me that the cause was Windows, impossible thing because the only bootable drive was a memtest86 pendrive.. also he suggested me to update the BIOS to the last version, but my MB already has it..
He also asked me some photos of the CPU, which of course i sent to him.
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This is one of the photos that i sent to him. You can clearly notice the bent corner.. Should i ask for a replacement?
I know is an old CPU, but i need it for the type of pc that i'm building..
 
Any update for us? This thread will be closed if not replied to within 48hrs.
 
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