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07-16-2003, 02:28 PM
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****!! MY HEATSINK FELL OFF WHEN I WAS PLAYING RTCW!!!!! AND NOW IT WON'T BOOT UP!
title explains it....my heatsink fell off, i immediatly shut off the power on the PSU...
reapplied the thermal paste, put the heatsink back on, and booted it up...
my pc booted up but i have no video on my monitor
PLEASE HELP!!!!
I EVEN JUST RE-SEATED MY GEFORCE4 TI 4200, NO HELP! STILL GIVES ME NO VIDEO!!
PLEAAAASE HELP! URGENT!
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07-16-2003, 02:28 PM
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what cpu?
do you smell anything burnt? any post beeps?
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07-16-2003, 02:30 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by GroundZero3
what cpu?
do you smell anything burnt? any post beeps? | no, i didn't smell anything burnt, no post beeps...
amd athlon xp 2400+
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07-16-2003, 02:31 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by GroundZero3
what cpu?
do you smell anything burnt? any post beeps? | no, i didn't smell anything burnt, what do you mean by post beeps? it makes one beep right when u turn it on... but it does that normally...
amd athlon xp 2400+
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07-16-2003, 02:32 PM
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what motherboard?
do you have a spare pci or agp laying around?
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07-16-2003, 02:34 PM
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If you have onboard video or another video card, try it. It's possible your heatsink shorted some components on your video card. You would get PC POST beeps though. Your CPU could have fried also with no HS installed. It really only takes a couple seconds with power on to fry a 1GHz+CPU with no HSF installed. If your HSF fell off, I fear it was never properly mounted which means you might have been running your CPU hot for some time with only partial coverage(thermal transfer).
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07-16-2003, 02:35 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by GroundZero3
what motherboard?
do you have a spare pci or agp laying around? | ECS L7S7A2
I was just thinking about using my GeForce4 MX 420 in this PC...
going to do that now...
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07-16-2003, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Montclair, California That BURNING smell isnt my computer... IS IT????
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Did the heatsink hit the video card when it fell? Check all your cards, make sure they are seated right, also check your ram. I know if one of my heatsinks fell off on of the processors they would do allot of damage on the way down.
Good luck.
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That smells not my computer... IS IT????
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07-16-2003, 03:04 PM
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my video card is not the problem, i just tried it with my PCI geforce4 mx 420.
it did hit the video card on the way down, the video card prevented it from going down any further
I AM PISSED BEYONG BELIEF RITE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE? WHAT ELSE CAN I TRY/DO?? HELP ME OUT HERE, I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT...
F*CKING MAD....
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07-16-2003, 03:10 PM
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Hey, did you try to reset the CMOS by using the jumper? How about letting the PC sit with the main power unplugged forawhile?
Have you also check if the Processor is ok? Look for chips on the core of burnt marks.. 
thanks
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