- Dec 3, 2016
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Hello all,
I've got a new PC build that I'm working on, and I'm new to building, so naturally, I made a few mistakes. First, the installation guide that came with my motherboard was apparently for a different motherboard. The setup in the guide showed two levers on the CPU socket. Mine only had one, so I thought that one was missing or hidden or something. So I pried the lever, gently at first, then harder. I ended up breaking the black plastic piece, which I later found out was what I was supposed to place the CPU directly on. I pieced the black plastic bit back together, and the CPU fit snugly in there, but I fear that it isn't working quite right. Also, I was taking out the graphics card at one point, and forgot to disengage the thing that catches it, so I was trying to pull it out with the latch still in for a while, which might have damaged it. TL;DR is I'm trying to run the bios and nothing is displaying on the monitor. I have already confirmed that it isn't the HDMI just to get that out of the way. I'm 95% sure I installed the RAM correctly, it isn't too hard. What do you guys think the issue is?
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4GB GV-RX460WF2OC-4GD for graphics
MSI 970A-G43 Plus AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX 4350 Unlocked Quad Core Processor 4.2 4 FD4350FRHKBOX, Black Edition
I've got a new PC build that I'm working on, and I'm new to building, so naturally, I made a few mistakes. First, the installation guide that came with my motherboard was apparently for a different motherboard. The setup in the guide showed two levers on the CPU socket. Mine only had one, so I thought that one was missing or hidden or something. So I pried the lever, gently at first, then harder. I ended up breaking the black plastic piece, which I later found out was what I was supposed to place the CPU directly on. I pieced the black plastic bit back together, and the CPU fit snugly in there, but I fear that it isn't working quite right. Also, I was taking out the graphics card at one point, and forgot to disengage the thing that catches it, so I was trying to pull it out with the latch still in for a while, which might have damaged it. TL;DR is I'm trying to run the bios and nothing is displaying on the monitor. I have already confirmed that it isn't the HDMI just to get that out of the way. I'm 95% sure I installed the RAM correctly, it isn't too hard. What do you guys think the issue is?
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 460 WINDFORCE OC 4GB GV-RX460WF2OC-4GD for graphics
MSI 970A-G43 Plus AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX 4350 Unlocked Quad Core Processor 4.2 4 FD4350FRHKBOX, Black Edition
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