[gman32888]

Hey,
Well I just installed a brand new motherboard and CPU for my mother. There is one problem the monitor stays in standby mode. I have made sure of the following,
1) Cables are plugged in (power cables on motherboard, into monitor, into motherboard)
2) I have tried plugging it into the ATI Radeon 256MB video card, and onto the onboard video
3) I have tried taking out ram, HD, and all other components while attaching the monitor to the onboard video.
4) I have read over the manual and everything is plugged in correctly.
5) BIO has not been altered because of the fact that I cannot see them.
6) I have tried another monitor
7) I tried clearin CMOS
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My other questions that may lead to the problem-
How many cords are normally plugged into the HD?- Will prelimenary startup comeup where RAM loads if HD is not plugged in?
Thank you

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to boot, a computer needs a motherboard, ram, cpu and videocard...that will give you a post

your problem sounds very much like a bad cpu or bad motherboard, probably the former.

When you installed the cpu, you must have the heatsink (with either thermal tape or thermal compound between the cpu and heatsink) on...it cannot be started even for a second.

A cpu will go from 0 degrees to 150 degrees celcius in under a second without any kind of heat disappation and will fry the CPU. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen people pop the CPU in and hit start just to test that the all powers up before putting on the heatsink

This is bad.

Your PC will still seem like it is starting with a CPU that has overheated because it completes the circuit. The test is, do you hear the bios beep?

[gerryf]

to boot, a computer needs a motherboard, ram, cpu and videocard...that will give you a post

your problem sounds very much like a bad cpu or bad motherboard, probably the former.

When you installed the cpu, you must have the heatsink (with either thermal tape or thermal compound between the cpu and heatsink) on...it cannot be started even for a second.

A cpu will go from 0 degrees to 150 degrees celcius in under a second without any kind of heat disappation and will fry the CPU. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen people pop the CPU in and hit start just to test that the all powers up before putting on the heatsink

This is bad.

Your PC will still seem like it is starting with a CPU that has overheated because it completes the circuit. The test is, do you hear the bios beep?

[gman32888]

There is a thin layer of some sticky stuff in b.w the CPU and Heatsink- I had trouble removing the CPU from the heatsink... I did not actually apply anything to it because the instructions did not say too... I can return this thing tom if its necessary.. The same problem however happened with my old motherboard after I had removed all the wires- I think I may be installing some of the wires incorrectly.

[gman32888]

Its actually clay like.

[gerryf]

when you bought the new cpu, you did not get a new heatsnk?

The sticky stuff was/is thermal paste. When adding a new CPU, and retaining the old heatsink, you must remove all of the thermal paste and then apply a new layer between the CPU and heatsink.

Thermal paste works by transferring heat from the CPU to heatsink, and then the fan dissapates it into the case. It does this mostly by eliminating air pockets between the CPU and heatsink. Using old thermal paste creates HUGE pockets of air and will lead to a CPU overheating very quickly

[gman32888]

I bought a CPU and it came with a heatsink. After I posted on these forums I checked the cpu and took the heatsink off the the CPU. There was a clay like substance that was sticky which was in between the two. I had trouble even gettin the CPU off. Is that the thermal paste that is supposed to be there, or is it a sign of a malfunctioning CPU? I had not added my own.
Thanks.

Edited by gman32888, 16 February 2006 - 11:09 AM.

[gerryf]

that was the old thermal paste and you needed to remove it....alcohol, a q-tip, and elbow grease...then, apply new thermal grease (arctic silver as directed)

[dsenette]

just as a question..did you try hooking the monitor up to the onboard video BEFORE or AFTER resetting your CMOS?

[gman32888]

First off- I bought the CPU and Motherboard seperately( brand new) so the substance b/w the CPU and heatsink appeared after I turned it on- It was pasty and clay like- Im not sure if it came with the heatsink and I did not see it untill I actually looked (I did not look at the bottom of the heatsink before I connected it with the CPU- In regards top clearing the CMOS- I had connected the monitor, then realized that it didnt work, then I cleared CMos and connected to monitor again trying both the video card and the onboard.
Thank you

[gman32888]

bump

[gerryf]

I'm not sure why you are bumping this...either the CPU or motherboard is dead from what we can tell. Look on the underside--you may even be able to see a burnt spot

What do you want us to tell you?

The paste or whatever is a non-issue. If you didn't look at the bottom of the heatsink before applying, goodness knows why, it is certainly possible even likely it come with strip of thermal paste or a thermal pad on it

But it also typically has a piece of plastic over it that you must remove before plunking the heatsink/fan atop the cpu.

Even if a CPU has paste, heatsink and fan properly applied, it can pop/overheat simply because they make thousands of these and test a handful. Odds

Your options are to either put a new cpu on the motherboard, or put the old cpu on a new motherboard...just make sure you follow instructions. It is most likely that the CPU died, not the motherboard

[gman32888]

Thank You,
I will check it out.