I recently upgraded my computer with a new processor (from 2800+ to 3800+), heat sink, fan, and ram (Had Patriot 2x1GB PC3200 DDR400, got 2x1GB A-Data for a total of 4GB). I ordered the parts about 2 months ago and was just able to upgrade it this past week (My son was born and I moved across country). Anywho - after installing everything I tried to boot up my computer and dun dun dun... nothing. It boots up in the sense that the fans (Processor, PSU, Vid Card, Case) and HDs boot up but - Blank screen. I checked the RGB cord's pins and they were all straight so I tried another monitor - same problem. Tried DVI and same thing. Put the card in another computer using the same monitor and it worked. Put it back in my computer and unplugged 2 of the 3 HDs figuring maybe the new processor took up too much power and still nothing. Took out the processor and reseated it, took out both new ram sticks, then tried taking out 1 of the patriot sticks. Took out the battery for 5 minutes to try and reset the CMOS and still nothing. Anyone have any ideas?
I'm lost and have NO clue what to do at this point.
P.S. I bent the old processor's pins whilst taking it out (the old heatsink didn't allow me to lift the lever)
Specs:
ECS RX480-A Motherboard
Allied 450W ATX Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 89W Single-Core Processor
Sink/Fan XIGMATEK XP-S964 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler
(2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Patriot Signature
(2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) A-DATA
HIS ATI Radeon X1300 IceQ Turbo 256MB DVI/HDTV PCI-Express Video Card
Hard drive WD800JD Caviar Blue 80 GB, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA
I'm lost and have NO clue what to do at this point.
P.S. I bent the old processor's pins whilst taking it out (the old heatsink didn't allow me to lift the lever)
Specs:
ECS RX480-A Motherboard
Allied 450W ATX Power Supply
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 89W Single-Core Processor
Sink/Fan XIGMATEK XP-S964 92mm Rifle CPU Cooler
(2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Patriot Signature
(2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) A-DATA
HIS ATI Radeon X1300 IceQ Turbo 256MB DVI/HDTV PCI-Express Video Card
Hard drive WD800JD Caviar Blue 80 GB, 3 Gb/s, 8 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA