so if that wasn't reset then the monitor might get the signal, i'll give it a shot

tryed it to no avail, any other possiblie solutions?

I still say it's either a bad cpu or bad motherboard...
I know you said your dad fixed the pins but I believe the cpu got messed up internally on the circut paths when it was installed wrong.
The only other possability is the board got a little jacked either with the cpu mess or when you turned the power up to 230 on the power supply.
If you want to save time and your sanity... replace them both!

-Cheers

Yeah dude, you're gonna wanna replace both of them. Switching it to 230 probably did some damage, and putting the chip in wrong probably did damage to the socket on the motherboard.

well i can prolly say the board is faulty, u think i can get a new chip for free too?

No.

I hope not, at least.

dude, wtf?

I've not yet seen a proc/socket combo that you couldn't look at the pins and look at the holes and match it together properly.


yaay that you rtfm'd ... but building a computer also requires a bit of brain engagement as well.



People make mistakes while building stuff, indeed. I'm certainly not free from that.

but when people don't want to take responsibility for those mistakes .. meh.

/me realises she needs to bite her tongue. now.

/end 'dude, wtf?'

i followed the instructions in the mother board book that said the golden arrow should point towards the hinge of the lock, it was wrong, i looked at the picture in the book, it said that the, soon to be discovered, right placemnt of the chip was "inccorrect cpu placemnt" I had never build a computer before so i didn't know that their was a difference in the pins in each corner. Non the less im going to try and get refunded, but if not i'll just break down and buy a new one...

IMHO you would have been better off asking one of your geeky/nerdy friends to show you how to put together a new computer. Putting together a computer requires a little discretion... how much force can be used when doing this or that, etc. Most geeks I know got their start by taking apart old computers and putting them back together. In fact, I'd say that's how most mechanical geeks I know got their start in cars too.

Somewhat with Oberon on that. I don't think I had opened a ZIF until I went to put my LGA775 in. Yeah, I'd done RAM and a video card, but I did very well the first time.

I messed up as I didn't reset the CMOS - this is why I posted the warning. I flipped out because the mobo (connected to a stupid little case speaker) went bonkers and sounded like a fire alarm. Scared the hell out of me. Then I turned it off and reset the CMOS, and I was fine.

The second mistake wasn't entirely my fault - ABIT does not package Serial ATA power cables. Had to wait two days before I could get my stinky little hands on them.


I hate to say it, but I really agree with SiN. Building computers take KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, and PATIENCE - and it sounds like you don't really have any of the above in this subject. You really are better off just buying a new motherboard and CPU and letting the "army computer nerds" do it for you - it'd be a shame to blow two boards.

lol well i only really made one mistake durring the whole building process and it turned out to be a big one, if i eever do make another computer i will look at the bottom of my CPU instead of following the shitty dirrections...