Computer will not go further than bios set-up.

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wartrace

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I installed a larger power supply & liquid cooled cpu fan using my existing AMD x2 6400 cpu on an ASUS crosshair motherboard.
I encountered a problem with the fan being stuck to the cpu & I ended up yanking the cpu out of its socket without releasing it.
I completed the work & attempted to boot it up. It wouldn't get past the bios flash screen. After several attempts I was able to enter bios setup, after I set the bios to my old settings it would not get past the raid array check.

I have done the following without success;
1) Put old power supply in.
2) reseated the cpu.
3) removed all the cards except one video card.
4) Set the bios back to the default settings.

I was getting a check sum error message on a couple of the reboot attempts.

Now it won't boot at all. Did I damage the cpu or is it more likely a damaged motherboard?
 
By simply yanking the cpu out without releasing the retaining lever you'll likely find a pin or two bent or missing altogether. That was a bbbbbbiggggggg mistake to begin with! Your board most not have an audio beep code or onboard speaker for alerting you to a now doa cpu?! If not the cpu make sure the memory and all other cards are down flush in their slots.
 
wartrace said:
I encountered a problem with the fan being stuck to the cpu & I ended up yanking the cpu out of its socket without releasing it.
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Ouch!

Chances are the CPU is toast. The CPU is a delicate piece of electronics, yanking it out like that might have separated the pins from the chip it's self.

For future reference, if you have a hard time removing the fan from the cpu, gently twist the fan back and forth. Never pull up on it.
 
Hmm, I'm not sure about AMD, but Intel has the pins on the motherboard, so most likely if your CPU/Mobo is like that... Motherboard pins are broken/crooked/bent...
 
AMD sees the pins on the bottom of the cpu meaning the worst since it is most likely lost pins from tearing the cpu out of the socket like that. Actual visual inspection of the cpu itself will show any damage there.
 
PC eye said:
AMD sees the pins on the bottom of the cpu meaning the worst since it is most likely lost pins from tearing the cpu out of the socket like that. Actual visual inspection of the cpu itself will show any damage there.
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AMD chips have the pins on the CPU.
 
Now that you have seen the top and sides on a newer AMD cpus to see how they look have a look at a much older Socket 7 500mhz model to see how those still saw pins on the bottom of the cpu itself.

 
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