Hello, as a warning...never never power on without the heat sink and fan on. The unit might and should have a safety feature built in to shutdown the cpu if it overheats. Which it will if you do not have the heat sink on and fan on the cpu. The overheating happens very fast. This also will cause the computer Not to boot up as well. Also, the cpu can go in different ways , but it will only work installed in one way. This too will also not allow your computer to boot up properly. So, make sure you have the cpu in correctly and seated properly in the socket. And again, always have the heat sink and fan on before you boot up. After making sure you have the cpu in the correct position and seated correctly shutdown and remove the ram and reinstall again. Sometimes the ram doesn't seat correctly. Shutdown remove the ram and reinstall again. Do this a few times to make sure the ram is seated properly. Check the original ram to make sure it is working properly in another compatible computer and verify it. Same thing IF you can do this with the cpu also. Look on you motherboard to make sure nothing small has fallen on the board and shorted something out.
I hope this helps,
bitor
As an important note: I would use the last known cpu and ram that worked in the system. Then determine if the last known cpu and/or ram is good or bad BEFORE you move on to another cpu or ram. Adding too many variables(other cpu's and ram sticks) before you determine if the original cpu and ram is bad is not a good trouble shooting method.
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Originally Posted by Metal
I checked all the basics, I tried a few more CPU's all the lights near the Ethernet ports come on but when I pulled the heat sink and powered on the unit the CPU didn't get warm so I'm thinking the CPU is not getting power.
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