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. -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246