Sounds like it isn't attached properly. If that happens there's no conduction between your CPU and the heatsink. You've checked to make sure it's making good contact?
I think it is, all 4 mounting screws are in tightly. But just for shits and giggles, i tried putting in the old heatsink and the same thing is happening, so i must have done something that is preventing the connectivity.
lol you could say that. But yea, I dunno whats up. Im gonna take it off again and check the back plate that goes under the motherboard, as that is the only thing that is different when I put the old heatsink in and it still didnt stay on.
If you couldn't get that heatsink to work, I wonder whether the problem is something else. Have you tried checking all the power connections in your PC?
argh! Ok, I found that I had two jumpers mixed up so i switched them and now it stays on, but now I have no picture coming out! I connected my monitor to my laptop so I know it works, and when i try connecting the monitor to both the video card and the onboard video card on the motherboard, neither work. Ideas?
Then it's powered but it isn't booting. Try reseating all cards/memory, and replugging all power connections.
yea, i'll try that right now. Wow, i really hope im not gonna need to replace the cpu and motherboard. When I was trying to install the heatsink, I probably applied and took of thermal compound like 10 times, is it possible i did some damage to it?
I disconnected all the power cables and reconnected, took out the ram and video card, reinstalled, still same issue. Mobo aint booting.
