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tuna699

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i bought a cpu it arrived i hooked it up started for 2 seconds shut down 2 or 3 times this happened
i took off side plate and cpu fan falls out of place i replace it into position now it powers up but black screen is all i get

suggestions? or possible problems?
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Do you mean the cpu fan fell off?
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the processor fan was not attached it was laying in the case and unplugged from motherboard and the heat sink was attached to the fan not the processor i reinstalled it and plugged it in but all i got after that was a black screen, is the processor fried now? is the mother board fried? also when i tried to start the cpu the first time i might have smelled an electric short of something.

the mother board is an asus a7n8x-vm400 with a 462 socket
the processor is amd athlon xp 2800+ barton core processor

is there a way to test the processor or the motherboard?
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OOOooooo, go back to the person (or place) and tell them that the computer they sold you had a faulty hsf (as it fell off) and you want a full refund or new processer. Yes, most likly the processer died. a fully functional hsf is the only thing keeping the processer from overheating.

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