First boot up failed miserably - burned CPU?!
Here's the situation
I just spend about 3 hours putting together a new comp...
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte board
GF7900GS video card
Antec 500W PSU
2GB Corsair XMS
I boot it up for the first time and everything seems to get have power, including the video card. However, I get no picture, then after about 20 secs, the comp shuts off and I smell an awful burning smell coming from the CPU. I never encountered such a situation before.... so I desperately need some help and assistance.
It's going to really hurt if I just burned up a $315 dollar CPU......... I don't even want to think about it.
I was going to take the sink off and examine the CPU and the socket, but the stock sink was SUCH a pain to put on (almost bent my MB putting it on) I'll have to disassemble everything to get it off, including the MB.
What did I do wrong?! I built many comps in the past and never had this kind of problem. I really need some help bad, so any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.... thanks.
Here's the situation
I just spend about 3 hours putting together a new comp...
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Gigabyte board
GF7900GS video card
Antec 500W PSU
2GB Corsair XMS
I boot it up for the first time and everything seems to get have power, including the video card. However, I get no picture, then after about 20 secs, the comp shuts off and I smell an awful burning smell coming from the CPU. I never encountered such a situation before.... so I desperately need some help and assistance.
It's going to really hurt if I just burned up a $315 dollar CPU......... I don't even want to think about it.
I was going to take the sink off and examine the CPU and the socket, but the stock sink was SUCH a pain to put on (almost bent my MB putting it on) I'll have to disassemble everything to get it off, including the MB.
What did I do wrong?! I built many comps in the past and never had this kind of problem. I really need some help bad, so any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.... thanks.