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I need help, I tried installing a new cpu fan which I have done before. When finished I tried booting up like normal except I noticed right away all LED's were on including a new Orange/red one underneath the cpu fan was o n. All the fans were running fine except monitor was off and no booting noise came on. Did I just blow up my cpu, and or motherboard/psu?
These are my specs: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz Socket 775 CPU Corsair 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (2x2048MB) XFX GeForce 9800 GTX + 512MB PCIe w/Dual Link DVI XFX nForce 780i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard
Name: jam Date: August 3, 2009 at 04:51:09 Pacific
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Why did you install a new CPU fan? And when you say "fan", do you mean HSF (heatsink w/fan)?
If you're removing the heatsink, you have to thoroughly clean the bottom of the heatsink & top of the CPU to remove ALL traces of the old thermal material. When you reinstall it, you have to properly apply a small line of paste to the top of the CPU only, then simply lock the heatsink in place. The paste should NOT be spread around. If you did it differently than the following instructions, you did it incorrectly.
Name: jfalquez Date: August 3, 2009 at 10:41:37 Pacific
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My other HSF was not cooling the CPU properly. THe cpu was running relatiely hot and this was not with any overclocking just regular use 65 c lowest I saw was around 50c at boot up.
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Name: jam Date: August 3, 2009 at 14:16:15 Pacific
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You didn't answer any of my questions.
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Response Number 4
Name: jfalquez Date: August 3, 2009 at 14:44:46 Pacific
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I appologize I replaced a heatsink/w fan. For the reasons I specified earlier. I followed the installation and cleaning procedures you posted and still recieved that same problem.
Updated: I tested my CPU and it is working properly so that is not the problem. The Last thing to test is motherboard. The 4/8 pin is somehow not giving the cpu power. I am guessing my motherboard shorted out in that specific area.
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Response Number 5
Name: jfalquez Date: August 4, 2009 at 14:46:15 Pacific
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Update:
Took the motherboard into a technician and told me motherboard is dead.
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