So recently I moved into a new house. During the move, the heatsink in my PC came loose.
This is my setup: Motherboard- Intel DP35DP, CPU- Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 2.4 gHz, Video Card- AMD 4870HD, 500 GB HD, 2 Gigs of RAM, a 500 W PSU, and I was running Windows XP Pro.
As I was busy and I didn't have any time initally to look at the PC, my brother volunteered to have a look. (He is not very intelligent when it comes to technology, as I would find out)
Initially, my brother took the heatsink out and tried to boot it without it. He said it would turn on for a couple seconds, beep, then shut off. This was done twice I believe. After, he attempted to re-attach the heatsink, but had issues getting all 4 pins into the mobo. He used a cable tie to fasten it down. This somehow worked and the PC ran fine to my amazement, however I quickly bought some thermal paste and applied it, as this was not done before (like I said, he isn't intelligent). After taking the mobo out, properly applying the thermal paste and re-attaching the heatsink, the PC ran fine to my surprise.
This worked until about a day and a half later, while I was using the PC, I heard a pop sound and the PC shut off. I smelled a burning smell. After looking inside the PC, and not seeing any signs of burnt components, I attempted to turn the PC on. As I press the power button, the light on my PSU flashes once and goes off, meanwhile the PSU fan turns on, as do the case fans. The CPU fans do NOT turn on, neither does anything else in the case. However, the motherboard light is on. I'm not the most tech-savvy person but I believe it has to be the processor being messed up, however it is also strange that the PSU acts the way it does.
Any help would be appreciated so I can locate the problem and replace the parts needed, with my brother's money of course.
This is my setup: Motherboard- Intel DP35DP, CPU- Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 2.4 gHz, Video Card- AMD 4870HD, 500 GB HD, 2 Gigs of RAM, a 500 W PSU, and I was running Windows XP Pro.
As I was busy and I didn't have any time initally to look at the PC, my brother volunteered to have a look. (He is not very intelligent when it comes to technology, as I would find out)
Initially, my brother took the heatsink out and tried to boot it without it. He said it would turn on for a couple seconds, beep, then shut off. This was done twice I believe. After, he attempted to re-attach the heatsink, but had issues getting all 4 pins into the mobo. He used a cable tie to fasten it down. This somehow worked and the PC ran fine to my amazement, however I quickly bought some thermal paste and applied it, as this was not done before (like I said, he isn't intelligent). After taking the mobo out, properly applying the thermal paste and re-attaching the heatsink, the PC ran fine to my surprise.
This worked until about a day and a half later, while I was using the PC, I heard a pop sound and the PC shut off. I smelled a burning smell. After looking inside the PC, and not seeing any signs of burnt components, I attempted to turn the PC on. As I press the power button, the light on my PSU flashes once and goes off, meanwhile the PSU fan turns on, as do the case fans. The CPU fans do NOT turn on, neither does anything else in the case. However, the motherboard light is on. I'm not the most tech-savvy person but I believe it has to be the processor being messed up, however it is also strange that the PSU acts the way it does.
Any help would be appreciated so I can locate the problem and replace the parts needed, with my brother's money of course.