Athlon 2600+ dead?

[lhuser]

Here's my dilema.

I have an ASUS A7N8X that originally had an Athlon 700MHz in it (Don't ask...I got it like that.)

Anyways, I switched the CPU to the 2600+ and, to begin with, the clock speed is set at 1600MHz, which is weird, since it's a 2.1GHz CPU.
Anyways, my concern isn't there; it's the fact that I have the BIOS temperature read at 70C-75C all the time. So, I ended up replacing the heatsink/fan to a bigger one and add some paste. However, what happened is that it posted the GPU BIOS and stalled there. So I reseated the GPU, making sure it was good, and bam! It doesn't post and after X ammount of time, it shuts off. So, for testing purposes, I slapped back the 700MHz CPU back in, and it works.

So, I put the 2600+ back, and it still won't post and sometimes wil lshut down on its own after X ammount of time.

I still feel the CPU is alive, since I can feel it warm up, however, that's not to consider.

Thing I'm wondering is, have I fried it?


Also, to add, the 700MHz would jump to 65C and still go up when I have the CPU heatsink on. What the heck is going on?

 

[foothead]

Flash your BIOS. That is why it was running at 1600 MHz, and there is a chance that it could help with the current issue.

It could possibly be the cause of the hgh temp readings as well. What monitor are you using?

 

[lhuser]

The temp monitor is the BIOS's one, and flashing the BIOS is already to its latest.