Thanks for the answer! I'll give it another shot this weekend, benching the motherboard instead of mounting it, and with all peripherals removed. Thanks again.
On Feb 24, 9:50 am, Mohammad AbuShady <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's not that probable, since all cpu's have thermal sensors and > they auto shutdown the computer when they overheat, so i think you should > test other things that could lead to this same problem, maybe RAMS not > attached good enough, if the computer is dusty u could try to blow that away > ( its weird but i faced that once, my computer didn't start up just because > it had too much dust in it) , swap rams, and these kinds of checks. > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:36 AM, ToddP <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > What do you think? > > > I'm not sure how I can test anything to eliminate possibilities. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
