rewindurmind

Hello.

I purchased a processor, which arrived today. I took my old one out (Celeron) and put the new one in (P4). I put it in and turned the computer on, and, it just displayed the amber light and nothing showed up on the monitor. When I put my Celeron back in, the same thing happened... What's wrong with my computer?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

1 g0t 0wn3d

Did you reapply the thermal paste onto the heatsink?>

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rewindurmind

No. It won't arrive until tomorrow. That wouldn't be the reason as to why it won't switch on would it?

1 g0t 0wn3d

Yes it would be very much a reason it is overheating, you atleast had the heatsink on right?

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rewindurmind

It wouldn't overheat quite yet. I only took the old processor out an hour ago. And, now the computer displays the amber light and just presents a black screen when I put either of them in. And, yes, the heatsink is on.

1 g0t 0wn3d

you could try reseting the cmos but i think it is overheating

Unplug and take the silver battery out of the motherboard for 30 min, after that put the batery back and plug in and try to boot

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rewindurmind

I can't run the computer it won't switch on. The thermal compound is irrelevant as the computer isn't doing anything. It'll switch on and my monitor will say "no signal"