Help! Just upgraded CPU

[PP Mguire]

Thanks for the help guys, but I've taken it to some specialists who are looking into it, turns out there could be a couple of issues.

Doubtful. Hope you don't get screwed. Issues like this are usually simple fixes.

 

[Pyrothrillah]

Doubtful. Hope you don't get screwed. Issues like this are usually simple fixes.

Probably shorted out somewhere. I hate computer repair shops so much...

 

[PP Mguire]

Probably shorted out somewhere. I hate computer repair shops so much...

That or the PSU is proprietary to the old board. Probably why it fires up and the power button is orange. But I bet they'll find a ton of issues because 90% of them (including Geek Squad who are notorious for it) are not honest.

 

[RobShift]

Well they put it back together and it turned on , with the screen working (further than i got) but apparently it blue screened relatively shorthly after that. They said it was something to do with my computer still thinking it still had the old motherboard back in, saying it was probably an issue with some drivers. Also they said that my hard disk drive may be corrupted, however it didn't show any major issues before this (the occasional blue screen with memory dump, however it did do this maybe 2 times in the last week). They didn't spend much time on it and will look into it again on Monday. Does this seem legit?

I heard there price and it seemed reasonable for the amount of frustration this pc has caused me: £25-£35 (from the initial conversation)

 

[PP Mguire]

The blue screen is because you probably have Windows 7 Home Premium and it's a 50/50 chance whether or not you can do a carry over. Best case scenario try to reinstall Windows with the key that came on your Dell. The fact that it came on just points to it was shorting with the initial install.

Direct conversion to USD that's a lot but I couldn't tell you.

 

[RobShift]

I'll get back to you when I have the computer back, thankyou for the help so far!