I"m building a new machine and didn't initially have the CPU fan firmly attached to the CPU (one of the mounting prongs wasn't fully seated). When I power up, the CPU fan spins and the LED on the motherboard lights up, but the machine doesn't POST. I get NOTHING on the screen. I get no beeps. I'm wondering if not having the fan firmly attached would be enough to fry the CPU. I know the CPU worked at one time (it was a left over part from my previous rebuild). The motherboard, on the other hand is new - possibly DOA. But, I'm thinking that would be incredibly rare, so I'm leaning towards the fried CPU.
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