Larry Fisk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A client reinserted a AMD Dx4-120 cpu possibly the wrong
>  direction in the motherboard slot. Now the machine won't
>  even boot.
>     Would inserting the chip the wrong way neccessarily
>   fry the chip?
>    I don't think he's going to find a new
>  AMD DX4-120 maybe a Intel DX4-100.

It could have fried the regulator on the mobo. This happened to me once (ONLY
once). However, you need electronic troubleshooting skills to determine this,
and PCB re-work skills to fix it.


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