Hey guys,
I'm having a problem.
It all started when I bought a Gigabyte G-Power cooler at a sale at NCIX.
I got home to install it. I took out the motherboard, and unlocked the lever to take out the processor to clean the thermal paste from a stock Intel cooler.
I used ArctiClean and NEVER touched the bottom of the CPU, though I did leave it on a tissue paper.
The thing is, this was my first time working with a LGA775 socket. When I attempted to close it, it was really firm. The processor was above the surface of the retainer, which I thought was odd. So I pushed it really hard, and I heard some crunching sort of noises.
I opened it up and saw that all my pins were pretty much put down flat onto the surface. Being a first-timer on this socket, I spent an hour straightening it with mechanical pencils, but obviously it wouldn't be perfect.
The second time around, I researched around on Google about the amount of force needed to close the retainer and it said don't worry if you had to apply a lot of pressure. So I did anyway.
After another hour at figuring things out and such, I finally put back my system to what it was. But now, it won't start. And by not start, I mean that the fans, hard drive and such all go on, but there's no image on the screen and I hear some noises from the CPU.
I don't know, but did I fundamentally screw the pins up by flattening them? Although I do swear, there were no other choices, because it just wouldn't close unless I forced it.
Specs:
Core 2 Duo E7200 stock
4GB RAM
MSI 945P Neo5
450W PSU
20" Acer on DVI from 8500GT.
Thanks for any help given!
I'm having a problem.
It all started when I bought a Gigabyte G-Power cooler at a sale at NCIX.
I got home to install it. I took out the motherboard, and unlocked the lever to take out the processor to clean the thermal paste from a stock Intel cooler.
I used ArctiClean and NEVER touched the bottom of the CPU, though I did leave it on a tissue paper.
The thing is, this was my first time working with a LGA775 socket. When I attempted to close it, it was really firm. The processor was above the surface of the retainer, which I thought was odd. So I pushed it really hard, and I heard some crunching sort of noises.
I opened it up and saw that all my pins were pretty much put down flat onto the surface. Being a first-timer on this socket, I spent an hour straightening it with mechanical pencils, but obviously it wouldn't be perfect.
The second time around, I researched around on Google about the amount of force needed to close the retainer and it said don't worry if you had to apply a lot of pressure. So I did anyway.
After another hour at figuring things out and such, I finally put back my system to what it was. But now, it won't start. And by not start, I mean that the fans, hard drive and such all go on, but there's no image on the screen and I hear some noises from the CPU.
I don't know, but did I fundamentally screw the pins up by flattening them? Although I do swear, there were no other choices, because it just wouldn't close unless I forced it.
Specs:
Core 2 Duo E7200 stock
4GB RAM
MSI 945P Neo5
450W PSU
20" Acer on DVI from 8500GT.
Thanks for any help given!