Boot Troubles......

Jafo · November 15th, 2006

....and I need some suggestions.

I was cleaning out my pc becuase I'm attending a lan party this Sat. and Next Sat. (wife approved). While cleaning I decided to go ahead and check the cpu and add a fresh coat of artic silver. I finish that and put the heat sink back on plug computer back up and as you can guess.....No Boot. I have power to everything but I can't get it to boot. I tried unplugging everything and replugging with the same result. I then took out the cmos battery hoping for boot and nothing.

- Before I decided to clean out the computer, I was using it. I shut down as usual and started cleaning.

After the above I then did the following:

I completely disassembled everything and put everything back together checking all connections twice. I took out the cmos battery again too. Still no boot. I even tried plugging directly to the outlet but nothing. I even tried booting just the computer, keyboard, and mouse. I have power to the system, but it never does anything, not even the bios screen. No beep codes. CPU fan spins as usual. All fans and led's come on. I am at a complete loss of what to do now.

yurimxpxman · November 15th, 2006

Well, since you just applied some AC, I'm assuming the problem isn't overheating. Perhaps you forgot to plug one of the power connectors in?

**drew and not u** · November 15th, 2006

Is it possible that you may have bent any pins on either the processor or mobo (if it's an LGA775)?

Jafo · November 15th, 2006

I've been working on this since 3pm today and I've checked everything many times. When this all started, the only thing I did was disconnect the heat sink from the cpu. Cleaned the heat sink and cpu then attached the heat sink and plugged it back in. After that I haven't had a boot. Only then did I start trouble shooting everything else.

Jafo · November 15th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by drew and not u

Is it possible that you may have bent any pins on either the processor or mobo (if it's an LGA775)?

I looked at the pins on the cpu, but there are no bends there. I did bend a capasitor near pci-e card but straightened.

**drew and not u** · November 15th, 2006

Do you have another system in which you could test the CPU, or vise versa. It sounds as though you've checked everything very thoroughly already. However, just to cover as many possibilities as we can, check (if you haven't) that all PCI cards are properly seated, that all SATA, IDE, and molex connections are completely tight, make sure your BIOS chip is seated properly (if it is one that is removable), RAM is seated properly, ATX and CPU plugs tight.

Assuming you've already done all this, you may have killed your board. Others may have useful input as well. Keep us updated and good luck.

Oh, and WELCOME, btw!

yurimxpxman · November 15th, 2006

You didn't get the TIC on anything it shouldn't be on, did you?

fps justin · November 15th, 2006

Reminds me similair to my situation a while back...

You might've killed your mobo.

**gvblake22** · November 15th, 2006

Did you remove the old TIM before you reapplied the new stuff? Were you using Arctic Silver 5 (the stuff with silver in it)? The silver paste is actually ever so slightly electrically conductive, so is there a chance you were messy and accidentally got it on the motherboard or in the processor socket?

Have a look over our Thermal Paste Guide too and see if there is anywhere you might have done something wrong.

**stinger608** · November 16th, 2006

The very first thing that came to my mind is:
Are you running a AMD xp cpu????

If you are, then what has happened is you have cracked the cpu core while reinstalling the heatsink!!!

That happens so many, many times on the old xp cpus.

November 15th, 2006	#1
Jafo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 176	Boot Troubles...... ....and I need some suggestions. I was cleaning out my pc becuase I'm attending a lan party this Sat. and Next Sat. (wife approved). While cleaning I decided to go ahead and check the cpu and add a fresh coat of artic silver. I finish that and put the heat sink back on plug computer back up and as you can guess.....No Boot. I have power to everything but I can't get it to boot. I tried unplugging everything and replugging with the same result. I then took out the cmos battery hoping for boot and nothing. - Before I decided to clean out the computer, I was using it. I shut down as usual and started cleaning. After the above I then did the following: I completely disassembled everything and put everything back together checking all connections twice. I took out the cmos battery again too. Still no boot. I even tried plugging directly to the outlet but nothing. I even tried booting just the computer, keyboard, and mouse. I have power to the system, but it never does anything, not even the bios screen. No beep codes. CPU fan spins as usual. All fans and led's come on. I am at a complete loss of what to do now.

November 15th, 2006	#3
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,759	Is it possible that you may have bent any pins on either the processor or mobo (if it's an LGA775)? P5K-E wifi/ E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe wifi/ E7200 @ 4.0 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

November 15th, 2006	#6
drew and not u 4GHz or Bust Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: where do you friggin live?? Posts: 1,759	Do you have another system in which you could test the CPU, or vise versa. It sounds as though you've checked everything very thoroughly already. However, just to cover as many possibilities as we can, check (if you haven't) that all PCI cards are properly seated, that all SATA, IDE, and molex connections are completely tight, make sure your BIOS chip is seated properly (if it is one that is removable), RAM is seated properly, ATX and CPU plugs tight. Assuming you've already done all this, you *may* have killed your board. Others may have useful input as well. Keep us updated and good luck. Oh, and WELCOME, btw! P5K-E wifi/ E8400 @ 4.0 / Scythe Ninja Copper / 2GB Hyper-X DDR2-800 / 7800GT / Antec 1200 / Corsair HX-520 P5W DH Deluxe wifi/ E7200 @ 4.0 / 2GB Ballistix DDR2-800 / 7600GT (passive) / P180B / Seasonic SS-550HT / Zalman Reserator V2 Optiplex 755 / E2180 / 4GB DDR2 / 160GB HD / ATI HD 2400 Dual-ISP Network aim: drewandnotu \| Skype: drew-and-not-u

November 15th, 2006	#8
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	Reminds me similair to my situation a while back... You might've killed your mobo. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

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November 15th, 2006	#2
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	Well, since you just applied some AC, I'm assuming the problem isn't overheating. Perhaps you forgot to plug one of the power connectors in?

November 15th, 2006	#9
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,360 Blog Entries: 1	Did you remove the old TIM before you reapplied the new stuff? Were you using Arctic Silver 5 (the stuff with silver in it)? The silver paste is actually ever so slightly electrically conductive, so is there a chance you were messy and accidentally got it on the motherboard or in the processor socket? Have a look over our Thermal Paste Guide too and see if there is anywhere you might have done something wrong.

November 16th, 2006	#10
stinger608 The Real Final Word Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,561 Blog Entries: 1	The very first thing that came to my mind is: Are you running a AMD xp cpu???? If you are, then what has happened is you have cracked the cpu core while reinstalling the heatsink!!! That happens so many, many times on the old xp cpus.