HDD Installtion

[Johnnylee_hang]

In my pc, I have a cd burner and a dvd burner. Two hdd drive (60gb total together). I just bought me two new hdd (600gb total together). I heard a friend say that I can put one more hdd with my two new hdd if I remove either the dvd or cd burner drive.

I opened my pc and to be able to pull out the HDDs, I need to take out the CPU fan. When I take out the CPU fan, some fans from my CPU were bended. I straight pins and put my new HDDs in place.... I also remove my cd drive and replace with my 40gb hdd. Everything is connected. I bootup. No boot screen, the floppy has no power and the dvd burner has no power.

Could it be that I damaged the cpu pins?

[ROF]

Did you pull just the fan or the CPU? It's quite possible you damaged the pins, but more than likely there isn't good contact between the heat sink and the CPU. Did you re-apply thermal compound to the heatsink upon replacement?

[Johnnylee_hang]

I don't know much about computers, but under the cpu fan, there's a chip underneath it..... It has like a lot of pins....

[ROF]

Did you release the ZIF(Zero Insertion Force) lever or when you pulled(rather hard) on the heatsink you ripped the CPU out of the socket and bent the pins? The ZIF is usually a metal lever which when locked is parallel to the socket.

If you ripped it out it's possible you damaged the socket or the CPU in this process. If you have another friend who has or a spare board that uses the same socket as this CPU, I'd try it in a different board. At least then you'd know whether you damaged the CPU or just the board. While some of us may talk about computers being simple and easy to work with and they are getting easier and easier as the days progress I'd not recommend anyone lighthearted in computer hardware to be messing with a mainboard or a CPU.

Another thing to note is external drives(those CD/DVD Drives) slide out the front not into the case. There should never be a need to remove a CPU assembly when replacing them.

[Johnnylee_hang]

I didn't ripped...... I push the lever left to up and the right down which release the cpu. I then pull it out. It still kind of hard to pull it out but I happen to take it out.

the pin is this straight | but after pull it out, the pin looks like this /.......

[Doramius]

You may have put it in a little offset. I usually do what I can to avaoid moving or touching the processor & fan when I first install it.

The chip under your fan is your Processor (your CPU). Make sure the pins are straight and the orientation of the chip is correct before placing it in the socket. Gently wipe away old heatsink grease, and reapply new heatsink grease. Place the fan on firmly and lock it into place. PLug the fan power cable into the appropriate area.

Hopefully, if you haven't damaged your CPU, your system will start properly.