New case, no image..

[daniel101191]

Hey. So I just bought a new case and a new mobo and transfered everything over but silly me didnt install the cpu so I booted it up and monitor was blank. Took it back apart realised I had actually left the cpu in my old mobo and it had dropped out a pin bent then I managed to get a bit of thermal paste into it. So I bent back 2 pins cleaned the paste of with a toothbrush. installed it all back in and same thing no post. Have tried everything I have built a few pcs but im never careful with my own... removed ram, one stick, both slots. Put the cpu back in my old mobo nothing... what I want to know is, do I have a dead cpu? Or have I missed something obvious

Thanks

 

[Moeks]

Quite possibly you do have a dead cpu, weather or not you have missed anything "obvious" I couldn't really say ...beyond not installing the cpu in the first place that is ...there is one very easy way to find out though, put it back in your old motherboard and rebuild the system with that (outside the case) and try it, if it posts then what I would do first is make sure that the new motherboard is properly secured on the risers and that there aren't any screws stuck underneath it shorting it into your case. Assuming that there aren't and that everything else is the same ...this would point to the motherboard, faulty cpu's are rather rare, but from what you have said, you may have killed yours, I hope not, but we will see eh.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Quite possibly you do have a dead cpu, weather or not you have missed anything "obvious" I couldn't really say ...beyond not installing the cpu in the first place that is ...there is one very easy way to find out though, put it back in your old motherboard and rebuild the system with that (outside the case) and try it, if it posts then what I would do first is make sure that the new motherboard is properly secured on the risers and that there aren't any screws stuck underneath it shorting it into your case. Assuming that there aren't and that everything else is the same ...this would point to the motherboard, faulty cpu's are rather rare, but from what you have said, you may have killed yours, I hope not, but we will see eh.

Sound advice there..

Sounds like you could have killed it, shame..

Do any lights come on, motherboard light, when powering up?