cpu problems???

[kevmuldoon1]

Im building a computer. Inside, i have an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ cpu, a giga-byte GA-7VRXP Motherboard, 512 Mb DDR ram, etc...
The problem i am encountering is that when i turn the power on, the opening screen says "Check System Health! CPU ID: 0664"
Im guessing the problem is the cpu because nothing else happens. it will not boot. This is the 2nd cpu i bought from this company. the first i bought was defective, i tried it on two different working motherboards. i doubted that they would send me two defective cpu's. What do you think??? thanks

 

[gargouille]

Did you hook your system fan to the motherboard?
(on the CPU cooler) maybe that's the source of the error message...it's not sensing the fan and giving the warning.
Startup with your box open and looking to make sure ALL fans startup at power up...if not shut down immediately and fixit. If the fan hasn't been running you might have another dead CPU.

 

[kevmuldoon1]

Yes, i made SURE all fans were running. so im fresh out of ideas. could it be anything else???

 

[gargouille]

No, I asked, "Did you hook your system fan to the motherboard?"

 

[kevmuldoon1]

yes, the cpu fan connector is attached to the motherboard, and it does run. there is no system fan to attach to the motherboard, but all other fans run. Those connections are just for hardware monitoring, that should not matter.

 

[gargouille]

Just things I'd do:
1) Power down and jumper the CMOS ram...there's a jumper (look in your manual) that you just move (with the system unplugged) to the set of pins right next to the ones it's
on...you just move it to the other pins and seat it firmly, then move it back. This clears the settings and the BIOS will be reset to defaults...so nothing in there should give you any error messages.
2) Study the manual some more. Look at the settings in the BIOS section and study the pages where System Health originates, the one where temperatures and fans and ram and system settings are. Find what settings that page should have....and then
Startup the system...this time hit the delete key or F1...the message will come across the screen to hit the ______key for setup...hit that key and repeat every couple seconds...it'll let you in, it's probably delete. Have your manual open to the BIOS setup and the section that shows where the CPU settings are...and make sure they're like the book says.
If they are....exit the BIOS without saving. If they aren't...set them like the book and this time SAVE and exit (make SURE you're saving any changes) and the system will reboot.
3) If you get the same warning...