Date: 09/27/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

I have an older computer that I had built 3 years ago. This is what it has:
Athlon XP 2600
Abit NF7-S v1.0
160gb Western Digital EIDE
standard cd/dvd rom and cd-rw
250W PSU
Kingston PC2700 DDR

One day it would stop going through POST, it would get to the point right before it detects all IDE drives and such and it just stops beforeh and and hangs in infinite. After fooling around with various devices inside the computer, I got it to pass that point but then it would say "CPU is Unworkable." Ok wonderful, so therefore I took out the processor, wiped it clean of thermal compound. No signs of damage. I reapplied some high quality thermal compound and now when I boot up, the screen doesnt even respond. I was going to re-reseat the processor but I dont want to do that for nothing, the compound isnt cheap. Should I treat this is as a motherboard issue or a CPU issue? Thanks

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