Help !!!!!!!!!

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 14:35

I've been getting high CPU temps (80 C) so I decided to take the CPU heatsink off and apply some new thermal compound (after cleaning the old stuff off with alcohol wipes). After putting it all back together the machine will not boot. It checks devices on the IDE bus (DVD, CD-RW, HDD etc), but does not post or appear to give a video signal. There are no beeps. The fans spin up.

I was very careful when doing the work, so can't understand what's wrong.

Any idea's ?

mishima · 16 Jun 2007 at 15:52

Have you tried reseating the GPU? Go through all the devices and double check the cables and molex are connected, also try resetting CMOS.

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 17:37

Thanks, have reseated GPU, memory and CPU. Not reset the CMOS, will try that now.

The Halk · 16 Jun 2007 at 17:40

Check the connections to all the drives, both power and data connections. I've seen a PC that would not post because of a slightly loose cable there.

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 18:16

Resetting the CMOS hasn't helped, any more ideas ?

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 19:24

Well, I can confirm that I'm a complete muppet! I took the memory out when I was putting the heat sink back on so that I didn't damage it. I put the memory back in, but didn't seat it correctly, only just noticed on one last final check ! I guess that means I won't be getting a new PC just yet ! Sort of a shame as I'm running an Athlon XP2400+ with 512MB ram ! Still some persuading to do with the missus then !

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 19:31

and finally, after a long stressful day, my CPU temp undrr load has dropped from 80 C to 58 C. Not bad for a bit of compound !

Might actually get round to trying a bit of OC'ing !

BlackDragon · 16 Jun 2007 at 19:42

Good to hear you fixed it! Well you could still pretend its broken

Lee · 16 Jun 2007 at 20:03

If only she was that daft !

Foehammer2003 · 16 Jun 2007 at 20:22

Stealth upgrades for the win TBH

Jaffa_Cake · 16 Jun 2007 at 20:57

Lee said:
and finally, after a long stressful day, my CPU temp undrr load has dropped from 80 C to 58 C. Not bad for a bit of compound !

Might actually get round to trying a bit of OC'ing !

Going over 60 under load isn't adviced, it starts getting too hot around 60 and you may do some damage.

Maybe you can get a aftermarket cooler like a Noctua/Tuniq, they are godly compared with the stock things.

BlackDragon · 16 Jun 2007 at 21:58

Or an Arctic Cooler

Cheap and good.

If you just baffle her with some tech mumbo jumbo you can get away with it

The Halk · 17 Jun 2007 at 03:54

30 quid for some motherboard off eBay, twist my arm and I'll send you an opteron 146 for postage costs plus a couple of pints, there's your upgrade

Lee · 17 Jun 2007 at 10:02

Thanks for your kindness ! I'm going to build from scratch in a few months, got some share options coming ! :cool: