Amd Cpu

[Dj Ram]

i have an AMD Athlon 2600 i think...today i cleaned the inside of my pc and on my CPU i took the fan and the coolsink off so i can clean the dirt off the sink...i assembled it all back together and now wen i plug in the power lead into the power pack the comp will start automatically and switch off after 5 seconds then i cnt even switch it on. Also the LED doesn't come on

 

[kimsland]

2 issues:

You need thermal paste between the heatsink and cpu (this is a must have)
The heatsink must be mounted firmly (very tight on the cpu)

I hope you haven't burnt out the cpu!

 

[Dj Ram]

i hope i havent...any idea where i can get the thermal paste from?

 

[kimsland]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000110085+50001410&name=Arctic+Silver

Strangely this was posted today here:https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic99162.html
And since then, probably months ago.