In a message dated 98-04-07 16:59:00 EDT, you write:

<< 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 had a DX4-100 which I unknowingly installed in the wrong direction in the
socket. When I turned the system on, the power came on, the HD and monitor
came on, etc., but the screen was blank and nothing happened. I hastily turned
it off and rechecked the chip's position. Imagine my panic to discover I had
the chip in wrong! Having nothing to lose, I turned it in the right
orientation, turned the system back on, and it worked fine!

Bryan S. Tyson
Greenville SC