CPU Upgrade Gone Bad.....:(
Where's the duck?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Personal Computing
Guys, I upgraded my CPU and now I get fans, lights, but no beeps, and no video. Any Ideas? I did get the Compaq screen once. Only once.
M2N68-LA Asus mobo
Athlon 64 X2 4600 dual core
SR5413WM is my PC model
Cleared the CMOS via jumpers, reseated RAM and graphics card, which is brand new, btw.
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Reply #4 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:59 PM
Is this the board here ?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=de&cc=de&docname=c00906129
Reply #5 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:03 PM
I figured it out. I bent a pin and in trying to fix it, I broke it off.
Oh well, there's some wasted money. Thanks guys, anyway.
Reply #7 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:13 PM
Oh well, there's some wasted money. Thanks guys, anyway.
OR go back to the store with the receipt and say it was brocken when you opened the box and act really angry....they could replace it with a newbie!!! i would............ and if they refuse to replace it.......that is when you ask for the manager.......you should get it replaced. customer is always right remember 
about 10 years ago, i was with optus for my isp provider and i hadnt paid my bill and they had cut off my service, i rang them up demanding to have it put back on as i had 'very important stuff to do' on the internet and please extend my bill, they said no, so then i demaned i speak to the manager, and after telling him my internet was part of my work and that it was a full necessity that i had it, and i would go elsewhere if it didnt have it, he reconected me......little did he know that i was a pensioner and just wanted to be reconnected so i could chat online and do whatever the hell i did back then..........lol
Reply #9 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:43 PM
Can a pin be replaced? Soldered back on? I wonder..... 
Reply #10 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:49 PM
If so that would be some very delicate work Jim.
Reply #13 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:16 PM
Ok, Got it from STARMICRO thru PRICEWATCH.com.
Reply #14 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:45 AM
I have an AMD Phenom II x4 920 that has a missing pin after I accidentally dropped it during installation (nerve issues/hand cramped), and it runs perfectly without it.
According to the techie where I took it (couldn't fix the bent pins myself at the time, poor eyesight/bad hand n' all) some pins actually don't do anything and thus are not essential to its operation...
Is that got the CPU online or you bought it online????
If you have it online now, and it is working properly, there's probably nothing to worry about. However, there are programs you can download for free to stress test it, etc, if you have any concerns.
If not, you might want to put the old CPU back in, get the PC online and flash the BIOS for the new CPU and try it again... but ensure all the pins are straight (yrag advised me to use a credit card) and the CPU sits properly before locking it down. That's what mine needed doing to it before it would recognise the new CPU (missing pin and all). Once the techie flashed the BIOS, the new CPU was recognised and it has run like a dream ever since... 16 months or so now.
Best of luck with it. 
Reply #15 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:14 PM
I hope you can get a replacement.That really sucks! 
Reply #16 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:22 PM
well i hope all works out for ya redneck...i am building a system for the first time myself in a month or so and those are good tips u gave there starkers...THANX! 
Reply #17 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 1:27 PM
Starkers, I bought it online, thanks tho.
Reply #18 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:06 PM
Last time I bent a pin was in some ancient 486 or P1 ....steam-pipe technology...fixable with a CIG spanner and brute force.....
Last machine I built [this one] is an i7 920 ...with all the fancy bits. Needless to say I didn't go about like a bull in a china shop and screw up all THOSE pins....
Reply #19 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:12 PM
And I did?......................................................lol 
Reply #20 Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:44 PM
I usually hold my breath when I put in the CPU. That's the one part of building that still makes me cringe a little. I suppose I have a light touch to most things electronic though, except my case which I hacksawed.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:24 PM
Dunno about these new BIOS, but in "the old days" you had to set the CPU specs in the BIOS, for the mobo to use it.
But get hold of Pas or yarg. They'll know.