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JKnife:

Good advice guys, thanks. Yes I tried taking the CPU out again and all the pins look straight now. I can't see any that are bent or missing. The heat sink and fan were in place. I did break one of the clips that holds the fan and heat sink down tight but the other three are intact, it's still pretty snug.

It does post a BIOS message, I can't read that quick, and then it shuts down. I'll keep trying...

Oh, and it's a socket 478 ASUS mobo.

Gavica:

just plug the hard drive to another pc and back everything up.

daywane:


--- Quote from: JKnife on June 27, 2009, 11:20:05 pm ---Good advice guys, thanks. Yes I tried taking the CPU out again and all the pins look straight now. I can't see any that are bent or missing. The heat sink and fan were in place. I did break one of the clips that holds the fan and heat sink down tight but the other three are intact, it's still pretty snug.

It does post a BIOS message, I can't read that quick, and then it shuts down. I'll keep trying...

Oh, and it's a socket 478 ASUS mobo.

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Find another crapped out socket 478 mobo.
the legs will come out. it is  a simple plastic rivet with pull pins.
YOU NEED ALL 4 LEGS! over heat will happen.
I just fixed my son in laws PC doing this.
If I had another socket 478 laying around I would pull it for you.
I do have 2 CPUs here if you need a new one.
1 is 2.6 ghz
1 is 2.8 ghz
look on eBay and buy the cheapest socket 478 mobo you can find
it is really simple to take the CPU Fan holder off

daywane:

Take my word on it. NO amount of Jerry rigging will work.
I have tried everything.
I would bet $$$$ that the leg broke long ago and this was the start of your problem from the get go.
I do not know why but socket 478 has a tendency to break legs off  :dunno

daywane:

this will fix you up
$8.00 shipped
I have no clue what that cross looking piece is?
I have built and repaired many socket 478 mobo's
never saw that before? but the bracket you do want.
let me know if you need a CPU.
I am done with socket 478.
PC2100 ram and 4x vid card and even the mobo are getting hard to find.
ram is not but price is out rated because the demand is not that high

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