my computer has a wierd error on bootup

Well first off, seeing as you have worked with computers you would know what happens when the cpu goes bust…. in this case, no its not the CPU… If i’m honest the only thing that could possibly make your PC do this is a BIOS virus…. a virus that writes itself onto the Bios, so try this, go into your BIOS menu and find the “reset to factory settings” button or something similar like that… see what that brings and report back!

no it just sits there and the underscore just flashes.

hmm i tried resetting the bios and i even swapped the proc to another computer running the same AM3 chipset, and it worked just fine.

WHOOPS x.x i got it all wrong the board is a am2+ and the atholon II x3 is a am3 proc because i had a atholon x64 in there before, but isnt am3 mostly backward compatable with am2?

WHOOPS x.x i got it all wrong the board is a am2+ and the atholon II x3 is a am3 proc because i had a atholon x64 in there before, but isnt am3 mostly backward compatable with am2?

WHOOPS x.x i got it all wrong the board is a am2+ and the atholon II x3 is a am3 proc because i had a atholon x64 in there before, but isnt am3 mostly backward compatable with am2?

specially since i put the am2 chip into a am3 board before and it worked just fine.