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ehanger   03-22-2009 at 01:42:48 AM

I just finished replacing my stock intel heat sync with the coolermaster V8 on my core i7 system which required me to take the whole thing apart. I am on the ASUS P6T motherboard with 3GB of corsair DDR3 Memory. Before anyone asks I double and triple checked all power cables including the 4-pin CPU and graphics 6-pin connectors. The graphics card is an XFX 8800GT alpha dog edition. When I go to turn the computer on all the fans/lights including the lights on the motherboard come on except for the lights on my backlit keyboard and the mouse. Could it be that my CPU somehow got F'ed up while I was installing the new heatsink? I dont know what could be the issue I tried everything I knew to fix it and nothing worked so I have come here for help from you guys and would really appreciate it if I could get this thing working.

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Bronze Home Brew badge Outlander_04   03-22-2009 at 03:27:42 AM
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check again

if the cooler has a back plate make sure it isnt shorting on the mb

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JaredAudiophileGamer   03-22-2009 at 05:15:37 AM
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if your comfortable enough in doing so check your cpu pins, and check and reseat the graphics card.


Message edited by JaredAudiophileGamer on 03-22-2009 at 05:15:48 AM
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ehanger   03-22-2009 at 01:05:00 PM
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OK yeah the most annoying/difficult part for me was installing the backplate which might be pressing against the back of the case. The motherboard light is still on but could it be shorted anyway?

 

If the motherboard allows the system to turn on and displays LED's does that mean it is not fried?


Message edited by ehanger on 03-22-2009 at 01:13:40 PM
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