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ok i think it is the motherboard i got a guted computer off my brother and they said it messed up right around the time it started raining none stop every day here in fl neways he took it to bestbuy to geek squad and they said it was the motherboard fired this is what it did it booted up to the HP screen u know to for a quick 1 sec or 2 then shuts down every thing spins all the fans and stuff they tryed new ram and new psu did the same thing so he gave it to me and im fixing to order a barebone kit for the processor and build it up to a mild gaming computer but i dont know for sure if it might have been the processor or the mobo i hope its the mobo.

the processor begin used is AMD XP 2800+

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There really is no way to be sure without testing the processor on a known working board. Similarly, check the board with a known working processor.

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