What have I done to my CPU?

[Chris01]

** Passing Don, can you please delete my other thread on thus subject as i wanted to make a new more indepth and detailed one, thanks very much **

Hey all

first: My specs:

DFI Lanparty 915p-T12
LG775 3.2 Intel P4 CPU
Raptor 36gb HDD (main drive)
Maxtor diamond 200gb SATA (storage)
X800 standard
Audigy 2 zs
1gb Geil Value RAM

After enduring abour 4 months it must be now of my computer being to hot, i decided to see what the problem was.
The system has been running fine at around 25 degrees, its just the CPU which has been running at a cool 65 degrees . its a LG775 3.2 pentium 4 with a stock cooler.
The whole system would shut down after using apps such as limewire and gaming was a no go.
First of all i took the side of my case off to investigate. I then proceeded to remove the heatsink where i was amazed to see how much arctic silver there was on both the heatsink and CPU.
Pictures for you:

http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10041754gy.jpg bottom of heatsink

http://img466.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10041784ta.jpg CPU

Once i had had a look at them both i decided to spread the arctic more evenly across the CPU like it is in the picture. and didnt touch the heatsink.
Once i had done this and put the heatsink back on, i booted up the computer as normal to find that it didnt want to go past the DFI Lanparty screen so i was not able to get into BIOS.
I looked on my motherboard to see that only 3 of the 4 lights were showing so i knew there was something wrong.
I looked in my motherboard manual and it says that the 3 lights that were on meant:

''Testing all memory (cleared all extended memory to 0)".

I looked this up on google and have found nothing.
Im really worried i have done something to the CPU when i took it out from its place on the motherboard or its somthing to do with the arctic silver. I did touch the pins a couple of times with my bare hands but surely that wouldnt have done anything?
thanks for any help guys! much appreciated

Chris

Chris

 

[Cody]

Try removing the processor and checking that you didn't get any paste underneath, especially around the edges. Also make sure that you have all 4 corners of the stock heatsink clipped into the board.

Sorry if this sounds like stating the obvious but it hjas worked for me in the past.

 

[Chris01]

Try removing the processor and checking that you didn't get any paste underneath, especially around the edges. Also make sure that you have all 4 corners of the stock heatsink clipped into the board.

Sorry if this sounds like stating the obvious but it hjas worked for me in the past.

thanks mate,ill give it a go in a mnute have u had the same problem as me then? where it wont boot up?

 

[Cody]

Yes at work, there was a little bit of thermal paste covering one of the pins (or whatever they are called on a 775)

 

[Chris19]

You might have fried the cpu with static when touching the pins but i think when i tried to boot my DFI board with out an cpu in i got nothing on screen so i doubt that is what has happend. As said check all the pins to make sure they are clean and not bent

 

[Ladforce]

I would check the rams ok aswell. I once touched the ram when i was installing a new chip and the psu was not fully turned off just in standby. Ended in the ram being destroyed and i had to buy a new set. Probably not this but its something to test, maybe install the ram in another computer to test it and make sure its ok.