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I'm not too savvy on the I/O IC, same with soldering for that matter. Not even sure where I'd begin there. Are you confident that it's an issue with the motherboard from the description I gave?

Do you remember if your computer would beep once when it started up in the past? Does it beep once when starting now? Do you see the BIOS screen when the machine first starts?

Yeah, try it in that other system, that'd be the best way to rule out the CPU as the problem.

How did you transport it from his machine to yours? Was it in the same place (machine to machine on the same table) or did it get put in a static bag and driven across town or something? What did you use to contain it?

Seems like a bad bearing to me. A lot of fans are made with little cheap sleeve bearings anymore, which really kind of suck. If the fan was hot to the touch, you're going to want to remove it. Re-read, missed "chip fan". If it's the fan over your processor and it's not moving at all, it...

Does the CPU look good? Are there any bent/missing pins at all, scorch marks (unlikely)?

Did you try clearing CMOS after installing the new processor? If not, give that a shot.

It's been a long time since I've needed to reach out for help and experience here on Tom's Hardware. I'm at a point where I'm really pretty stuck right now, due to inability to test some of my components with other parts. Looking for ideas on what could be wrong, and invalidation of some of my...

Awesome. I dig the orchestral version of Pixies - Where is my Mind.

Alright. 1/1/2012 to 8/28/2012 is 42 weeks. Years just keep getting longer.

But can I run it?

You don't really have to raise voltage if you raise the multiplier...that's just one place to check if you run into instability. I know you know it, but not sure if Anonymous knows it. I just thought I'd clarify before he upped voltage unnecessarily. However, Anonymous, if you haven't upped...

Maybe I'm reading this differently than most of you, but it seems to me that he's more interested in providing better content than XBOX Live will allow. These gaming companies have to pay their dues to XBOX Live to make the content available, and even then they are limited to certain file size...

CIB, there is some truth to this but you can't put definite number on what the difference between core temp and proc temp is. My cores with the stock cooler were around 6c higher than proc temp, and with a CM Hyper 212+ are a steady 6c lower than proc temp. From my research, core temp tends to...

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