- Jul 26, 2014
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I got a computer for free because it was running vista with a sata 3 HDD and the guy said it was running slow.
I decided I was going to make it a PC for my office room since all I do in there is type with word, some excel, and web browsing. The PC was fine before but it was slow, so I had a SSD laying around and I removed the HDD cage and DVD cage from the computer since I wanted the computer to be very light and mobile and I was just gonna use some double sided tape to stick the SSD in.
Well I install the SSD and install windows 10 and everything is fine. I shut down the computer then opened the case and I sprayed it out with canned air and I removed the CPU heatsink and reapplied some thermal paste since that the thermal paste was dried out and old, I used 91% rubbing alcohol and applied some Arctic MX 4 thermal paste cause I have used it in many PC's I've built in the past. I screwed the heatsink back on and closed the case.
When I plugged everything back in, the PC turns on but now the monitor shows no display. I tested my VGA cable and monitor on another PC and they work fine. I moved the ram to different spots and tried using only one stick of ram, I removed the cmos battery, unplugged everything from the mobo and replugged it, made sure everything was connected tightly. Everything. I removed the cpu to see if I might have bent some pins on it but everything seems fine. The PC only has one output port and it's VGA.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f https://imgur.com/jj4g75j
I decided I was going to make it a PC for my office room since all I do in there is type with word, some excel, and web browsing. The PC was fine before but it was slow, so I had a SSD laying around and I removed the HDD cage and DVD cage from the computer since I wanted the computer to be very light and mobile and I was just gonna use some double sided tape to stick the SSD in.
Well I install the SSD and install windows 10 and everything is fine. I shut down the computer then opened the case and I sprayed it out with canned air and I removed the CPU heatsink and reapplied some thermal paste since that the thermal paste was dried out and old, I used 91% rubbing alcohol and applied some Arctic MX 4 thermal paste cause I have used it in many PC's I've built in the past. I screwed the heatsink back on and closed the case.
When I plugged everything back in, the PC turns on but now the monitor shows no display. I tested my VGA cable and monitor on another PC and they work fine. I moved the ram to different spots and tried using only one stick of ram, I removed the cmos battery, unplugged everything from the mobo and replugged it, made sure everything was connected tightly. Everything. I removed the cpu to see if I might have bent some pins on it but everything seems fine. The PC only has one output port and it's VGA.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f https://imgur.com/jj4g75j
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