First i should say I have a Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 motherboard, and I am pretty sure that's where the problem is, even though I can't fix it.
My computer has a chronic history of overheating - which means often I had to clean the dusts out of the computer. (which I guess I should be doing anyways)
Long story short, I may have bent a few pins on my cpu when I tried to put it back in the first time, then I more-or-less fixed the bent pins with a knife. Then I noticed the real problem (or at least I think I noticed the problem) : on the GA-M56S-S3 boards, there's a CPU lock thing.
Notice the metal bar beside the board. Apparently when it's pushed down it slides laterally and locks down the cpu...
However, since I now have a heatsink and fan attached to the CPU, I can no longer install it with it unlocked. Does anyone know if that really is my problem, or how to fix it? If I need to detach the CPU from the heatsink, how do I remove the adhesive between them? Is there any tips on how to put it back?
(Btw - the actual symptom is when I turn the computer on, no beep comes out, and although I hear the harddrive whirs and graphics card fan is on, nothing shows up on screen.)
My computer has a chronic history of overheating - which means often I had to clean the dusts out of the computer. (which I guess I should be doing anyways)
Long story short, I may have bent a few pins on my cpu when I tried to put it back in the first time, then I more-or-less fixed the bent pins with a knife. Then I noticed the real problem (or at least I think I noticed the problem) : on the GA-M56S-S3 boards, there's a CPU lock thing.
Notice the metal bar beside the board. Apparently when it's pushed down it slides laterally and locks down the cpu...
However, since I now have a heatsink and fan attached to the CPU, I can no longer install it with it unlocked. Does anyone know if that really is my problem, or how to fix it? If I need to detach the CPU from the heatsink, how do I remove the adhesive between them? Is there any tips on how to put it back?
(Btw - the actual symptom is when I turn the computer on, no beep comes out, and although I hear the harddrive whirs and graphics card fan is on, nothing shows up on screen.)