No video display after switching out RAM

[Silent_Avenger]

Ah ok because if you had it blowing towards the back you could have probably just pulled the fan off to install the ram. Anyways hopefully you'll have a clearer head after a good nights sleep and you can think of something tomorrow.

[GregH]

I grabbed a new tube of thermal paste today so when I get home from work I'm cleaning off all the old thermal paste & will have another go at re-seating the CPU properly.
I'd left it stuck to the hyper 212+ as I didn't have any additional paste to use if I'd removed it, which made installing the cpu a bit of a pain & difficult to see if it was in fact sitting properly.

Will report in a few hours if it made any difference.

[dandelioneater]

Originally Posted by Silent_Avenger

If you get no beeps from the motherboard speaker that usually means it's dead. double check all your connections just in case.

if no beeps, then the board is probably dead or cpu socket is damaged.

[Silent_Avenger]

Originally Posted by dandelioneater

if no beeps, then the board is probably dead or cpu socket is damaged.

Yea I was thinking some of the socket connectors were damaged from before since GregH said he had a hard time getting it seated properly before.

[GregH]

Originally Posted by Silent_Avenger

Yea I was thinking some of the socket connectors were damaged from before since GregH said he had a hard time getting it seated properly before.

I think that's more a combination of bent pins on the CPU plus the CPU still being attached to a honking great heatsink though.
Home time in 20 minutes though so I'm pulling everything apart & starting fresh - will probably assemble outside the case & just install minimum components to test.

[Silent_Avenger]

Originally Posted by GregH

I think that's more a combination of bent pins on the CPU plus the CPU still being attached to a honking great heatsink though.
Home time in 20 minutes though so I'm pulling everything apart & starting fresh - will probably assemble outside the case & just install minimum components to test.

That's a good plan hopefully you're able to root out the problem.

[GregH]

OK home now.
Cleaned everything off & cpu clicked nicely into place which it didn't seem to last night.
Reinstalled the hyper 212+ (the other way this time so it doesn't block the RAM)
Same result :(
Everything running but no display output

[GregH]

OK, nothing installed except cpu/cooler & 1 stick of RAM.
MB is outside the case.

Still no beeps.
Same result with the old RAM.

So...any way to tell if it's the MB or the cpu? Would prefer not to have to replace both.

[Silent_Avenger]

Well if you had an old amd board around you could easily tell by dropping your cpu into the board and see if you get any video and if it boots into the bios. Any way you can take a close up pic of the pins you bent on the cpu?

Edit: Also according to your location I assume you're near the Rockies which is unfortunate since if you lived in Toronto I could easily help tell you if it's the cpu or not.

[GregH]

Unfortunately, no other cpu or board to try.

took a couple of photos but they don't show too much (I got the pins straightened)
Will attach them anyway along with one of the cpu slot on the mb
*edit: NM they're too out of focus to see anything clearly