I bought a thermaltake tower from newegg.com. It came with a thermal diode attached to the fan control that gets inserted into the CPU. When this was done, the computer would not start. We got a message on the screeen saying "Bad BIOS checksum" and it preceeded to check all drives. Realizing that somethign happened that corrupted the BIOS, I went to find the support CD that came with the motherboard. The computer died within moments. I can't get anything to show up on the screen, and now the processor, a Pentium 4, gets extremely hot. This never happened before. It is not a cooling issue because there are 7 fans inside the case, not including the CPU's stock heatsink and fan. The computer shuts itself after running for a minute with nothing appearing on the screen. We can't even get "Bad BIOS" message to appear on the screen again. I tried resetting the CMOS by setting the jumpers and removing the battery. However, this did not work. I know it isn't the video card, showing no display, because I tried my old one, which is a Radeon 9000 Pro, and that didn't help. The computer was functioning prior to the attachment of the thermal diode. But it ceased to function at all afterwards. I tried putting the support CD in the drive since I noticed all the drives are trying to read, but that also did now work. I dont know if the problem is the processor or the BIOS. The processor gets hot until it shuts itself off and the BIOS is corrupt. What else can I do to fix this problem, since no other answers are found in the manual that came with the motherboard, or the Tower's manual, without having to ship the board back to the manufacturer for a replacement?
I can't check the BIOS version because its shot lol, its by American Megatrends. The motherboard is ASUS P4P800SE, and the processor is Pentium4 at 2.0GHZ, its a model that isn't supported anymore.
I can't check the BIOS version because its shot lol, its by American Megatrends. The motherboard is ASUS P4P800SE, and the processor is Pentium4 at 2.0GHZ, its a model that isn't supported anymore.