I know everything is set up right. But the newest update is I burnt the cpu. After all this nonsense. I started getting desperate. With the new ps I just left it going for about 2 minutes with the original hs and fan on. I wasn't getting a beep so I just let it go so I could see if the hs was getting hot. It was. i took the heatsink off to check it out and the cpu has a little burn spot on the bottom. This is the final straw. AMD SOCKET A BLOWS CHUNKS. I have built numerous computers. Both socket 370 and slot A. THis chipset is the ****iest out there. I'm guessing that the first cpu I sent back wasn't burnt at all, but was just not making good contact. Which was the problem with this one. Im frickin pissed!! I alread had to rma the last mobo because of a crooked LED on the front drive bay thingy that came with it. I also rma'd the cpu that came with that, because it ran for about 2 days, then I started playing a video game for about 4 minutes and it died out. Maybe that crappy AMD hs blows chunks. So now I'll try and rma this one, which is definately dead. I still get movement in the fans and everything, but no beeps. I wish I could switch to intel!!! Unfortunately I have an AMD mobo, because my hs is Intel and AMD compatible. If any one ever asks me which is better I'm going to say INTEL!!! I was a huge AMD fan up until now. I'm not a newbie at all. I know how ot clear cmos and make sure my stuf isn't grounded. This is just a bad combo. Chaintech and AMD. I talked to thermalright and he said this series of chipsets(socket A) is having problems with the exposed core being a little high or a little short. DAMMIT get the thing right. If anyone had a similar problem and solved it please tell me how. I have both a clip on hs and a screw in heatsink. Neither worked. I didn't even get a complete rectangle imprent from teh hs being pressed on teh cpu. So It wasn't user end error. It was a crappy chip and hs combo. OR even the mobo sock was a little tweaked. I don't know. I'm not working for AMD so I can't say I can make it better. Well I'm going on and on about this. SO I'm out. Guess I'll have to wait another 2 weeks to get my new cpu in. RMA this one and wait for the next. I hope the rma this damn thing. They probably know my name by heart after all the crap I have rma'd since christmas. Also, I bought this stuff from NEWEGG I really like newegg, but This has been a pretty sketchy set of products I recieved. I know newegg only sells the stuff so I can't say it's newegg.