Re: [SLUG] fried CPU

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2008 - 22:32:17 EST


On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Chris Mathey wrote:

> Eben King wrote:
>> I put a new fan in the computer I use as a DVR. Normally that's not a
>> cause for concern, but in this case the new fan was maybe 1/4" thicker than
>> the old (noisy) one, which (I'm guessing) shoved the duct into the CPU fan,
>> stopped it from spinning, and fried the CPU.
>>
>> Anyone know what CPUs can be used in an Asus A7V333 motherboard? Obviously
>> AMD 2400+ (133 MHz * 15 = 2 GHz) can be, as that's what I had in there. The
>> manual doesn't say, and the email to tech support is some web thingy [1]
>> that won't submit.
>>
>> [1] http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx
>
> I have an Athlon 64 3400 with Asus micro ATX + 2GB DDR400 (kingston) that is
> in fine working order for sale cheap. I have run CentOS and OpenSuse x64 with
> 0 defect.

I don't think an A64 will work in there (according to the manual, it's a
Socket 462; according to usa.asus.com it's a Socket A; I hope they're the
same), but thanks, I'll keep it in mind.

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