> I must have fried something serious on that 8600. Got a "new" > processor card the other day & replaced the original. Very strange, > the heat sink fit on the other side of the card, and the new card > also had much fewer chips. But it did fit into the same slot, and the > heat sink fit too. But still, no go. No startup chime. > There's not much point in trying to zap the PRAM on a machine without > startup chime. Doesent boot from CD either. But it does fire up, fans > spin and HD does the startup clicks. But when it's supposed to do > more, it just sits there. > Suggestions?
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