red light on the right top of my motherboard

bummer1342

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I just installed a new cooler (Master Hyper 212) to my computer but when i'm trying to turn the computer on, a red light appear on the top right of my mother board plus i don't get any signal on the monitor. Please help, when i was installing i also expediently dropped my CPU from 1inc high, do you think that could be the problem ? .. :\
 
Do you mean you dropped your CPU itself? If so, was it on a table, or into the CPU socket? Also, which CPU do you have(AMD or Intel). If it's Intel, and it dropped into the CPU socket a bit, it could have bent and damaged some CPU Pins. This could cause your problem. If it wasn't in the socket, I don't think it would hurt, I've already dropped one of my CPU's on the kitchen floor from about 4 feet before w/ no ill effects. If this is the case, I'd try removing and remounting your new cooler and being careful to have even tension on the mounting mechanism.
 

bummer1342

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I think i have intel, The computer itself is working but i don't get any signal on the screen and theres that red light on the top right of the motherboard. But the computer itself is working.
And i dropped the CPU from the socket on the video-card.
 
Was there any visible damage to the CPU after your dropped it? Even though your PC is powering on, it's not passing POST, which is what the RED light is on telling you there is a CPU problem. Is it possible you bent pins inside the CPU socket when re-installing it?