What could have happened to my AMD 425 x3?

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One day, it is running fine. The next morning I apply some new thermal paste on it before I get back into some San Andreas gameplay. Try to boot, no display comes on. I switched it out with an older AMD cpu (which only has 1 core and it's so slow it hurts to use) it booted fine.

None of the pins are bent, nothing out of the ordinary. I also noticed that as soon as I applied some new thermal paste on it, it wouldn't boot. This couldn't possibly be the thermal paste that's causing the problem, I had it out of the mobo and made sure it didn't touch the sides or anything.

I tried anyways taking off the thermal paste and booting again, still no go. Is my CPU fried?
 
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Krishna Moorthy


0_0 i think you sir just fried your cpu with static electricity

http://www.wikihow.com/Ground-Yourself-to-Avoid-Destroying-a-Computer-with-Electrostatic-Discharge

If you don't take steps to prevent ESD, you may regret it. Your computer can sustain serious damage without you knowing it. CPUs and memory chips of any kind are highly vulnerable to ESD. If you fry your PC with static electricity, you may soon start to notice random memory errors, blue screens, and lock-ups. Normally, you can't see (or even...
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I didn't touch metal, idk what an esd band is, and I did hold the cpu on each side with my thumb and middle finger.
 
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0_0 i think you sir just fried your cpu with static electricity

http://www.wikihow.com/Ground-Yourself-to-Avoid-Destroying-a-Computer-with-Electrostatic-Discharge

If you don't take steps to prevent ESD, you may regret it. Your computer can sustain serious damage without you knowing it. CPUs and memory chips of any kind are highly vulnerable to ESD. If you fry your PC with static electricity, you may soon start to notice random memory errors, blue screens, and lock-ups. Normally, you can't see (or even feel) ESD, but it is almost always there, so be sure to do the right thing. Your PC will thank you!
 
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..really? What should I use next time if I were to apply thermal paste? Rubber gloves?
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899263009

Wear this any time you stick your hand inside the case.
Clip the other side to a peice of metal on your case. Most cases are metal so you should be fine.
If the mobo is outside the case for any reason Clip the other side to a SAFE peice of metal. Such as the nit on the sides of a dvi or dsub port.

sorry about your cpu D:
hope this helped
 
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