Sorry for the late reply, but I reassembled the pc on my kitchen table and it still does the same thing. All the cables are labeled so it’s pretty hard to get them wrong, right? I’ll list the specs down though.
I just saw that my heat sink isn’t screwing in all the way. I screw one side in but the other side pops up. I didn’t notice it because it kinda happens slowly. I’m gonna return the one I have and get another one. Do you think that could’ve been the problem?
If the motherboard is warped, how could I tell? Will it not work at all anymore? Or will the same problem persist even with a new Heat Sink?
No offense taken at all! I can admit that I don’t know anything about building my own computer. This whole process is just a learning experience for me.in my experience, an ill fitting heatsink would not show the symptoms you reported.
you describe CPU and case fans turning on for a second then stopping when you try to start the PC.
if the heatsink was not connected properly, I would have thought the PC would start as it should, but when the temperature got to a preset limit, the PC would shutdown, but we would be talking a couple of minutes at least.
but, computers being computers, I couldn't 100% say the heatsink may not be the root cause, just doubtful.
it does however highlight your experience level in assembling PC's.
and there is absolutely no malice intended by that.
shoot, my very first build, I dropped the socket 775 processor and bent 3 of the pins (some fine metal work with tweezers fixed it and she purred like a kitten once installed)
I'm saying, we have all been there and "you don't know what you don't know" - you won't know that part A is not connected properly, simply because you haven't done it before.
how about attaching some screen shots of the innards and we'll see if anything sticks out?
I had my power supply outside the case because I took it out to make sure it was working and I don’t have a heat sink or cpu fan in there right now because it doesn’t screw in at all. I think I stripped some threads on the mounting bracket. I’m used to working on tractors at work so I’ve learned I need to be a lot more careful. Do you think we could continue this conversation next week when I get my new heat sink and fan?whoa, looks like we went a bit heavy handed with the thermal paste.
(being there too)
take out the processor and clean up that whole area.
be extra careful around the innards of the processor socket with the pins and all.
when re-assembling, literally a drop of thermal grease in the centre is all you need, it'll get spread out when the heatsink gets screwed down.
and the pics don't show it, probably just so you can get better shots, but where is the heatsink and the power supply?
and add some wide angle shots so we can see the holistic picture!
and start small, remove the graphics card and run the monitor off the motherboard video ports.
only use one memory stick, and if no luck, try the other stick, and still no luck, try another memory slot.
at this stage we are simply after a successful, sustained boot into BIOS, would be nice.
Yes! I got my heat sink and fan today. But I took my cpu out to clean some of that thermal paste off and I notice some of the pins on the socket are bent. Do you think that might be causing my problem? And can I fix it by bending them back?
Alright perfect, I’m glad that I’ve found the problem. I unbent the pins on the motherboard but I’ll put the heat sink on tomorrow when I have some more time. Until then I’ll be praying to some kind of *** that the processor ISNT fried. I’ll update you as soon as I get it on and I’ll send some pics of everything as well"could that be causing the issue" - hell yes is my immediate answer.
each pin in there has a function, none are 'spares' or only there for cosmetic reasons.
and it looks like they aren't just bent, but mangled - maybe beyond repair.
but it will be a suck-it-and-see exercise.
at the very least you are up for a new motherboard, either as is, or if you try to unbend them and end up snapping any.
so nothing to lose on that front.
next issue, once that's rectified is, has any of the cross-over pins caused a short and fried the processor!
I put in my heat sink and fan and it works! I’m not really sure what to do now, though. The resolution on the screen is pretty funky, it looks like the picture is too big for my monitor. But does my computer just work now? Or is there more to it than that?"could that be causing the issue" - hell yes is my immediate answer.
each pin in there has a function, none are 'spares' or only there for cosmetic reasons.
and it looks like they aren't just bent, but mangled - maybe beyond repair.
but it will be a suck-it-and-see exercise.
at the very least you are up for a new motherboard, either as is, or if you try to unbend them and end up snapping any.
so nothing to lose on that front.
next issue, once that's rectified is, has any of the cross-over pins caused a short and fried the processor!
