Did I fry my CPU?

[Krinthalas]

E Machines W3400 AMD Athalon 64Bit Processor ATI Graphics card.

I first troubleshooted the long continuous beeps by taking out everything includinging the cmos battery for it to reset. Which it did just fine. I noticed that the had drive was failing so I ran Hiren's Boot CD to diagnose it. Upon going through this I hard and notice the fan was making noise. It and the heat sink was filthy with tar and dust. The previous owner was a heavy smoker. I removed the fan and tried with compressed air and to brush some off of the heat sink. That didn't work. So I thought to thoroughly clean it was to take it off of the CPU and clean the vanes. On doing so the CPU managed to come with it. I replaced the CPU correctly or so I thought, lining up the arrows and notch in the pins. I replaced the heatsink and fan,WITHOUT pasting it. I got everything squared away and when I turned on the computer it didn't start up. The fans were running full blast without any video, which I had before.

To make a long to short, did I just fry the CPU? Or is there something else I've over looked. I didn't have it on more than 20 secs total. 10 seconds at first, then when I tried to make sure the CPU was seated properly. I know this is an old computer but, it has sentimental value to the pesron that gave it to me. I was going to give it back after I had fixed it. (Her father owned and has since passed) Now I believe I've fragged it. What are my options at this point? Salvage parts? Paperweight? Thanks ahead for the help.

[JEROY]

Frankly , i say the board is deteriorating .. I don't think the cpu is fried .

[ShyguyXPC]

Well its POSSIBLE you fried it since you didn't use any Thermal Paste on the CPU.

But how about actually trying to apply some thermal paste to it like your supposed to, and then see if it will boot up (with a Heatsink properly attached to it).

With many heavy smokers with heatsinks/fans all tarred up, its usually best just to toss the heatsink and fan and replace with a new one, its too much of a pain to clean up usually.

[JEROY]

the long continuous beeps ....
the fan was making noise. the heat sink was filthy with tar and dust.
The previous owner was a heavy smoker.
I removed the fan and tried with compressed air and to brush some off of the heat sink. That didn't work. The fans were running full blast without any video, which I had before.
I know this is an old computer

And some say i don't read ...

[ShyguyXPC]

And some say i don't read ...

Yep...

I replaced the heatsink and fan,WITHOUT pasting it. I got everything squared away and when I turned on the computer it didn't start up. The fans were running full blast without any video, which I had before.

[Taxmancometh]

I once pulled the heat sink off my Dell 4600 to replace the 2.4 GHZ chip with a 3 GHZ chip. I fitted the CPU in the socket and wanted to test it before I put the heat sink back on because I bought the CPU off eBay. When I started up the computer and in a couple of seconds I touched the top of the CPU and almost burnt my finger. Then the computer shut down automatically. I stuck the heat sink on the CPU and restarted and the machine stayed one. That day taught me an important lesson on how important a heat sink is. I could not believe how hot a CPU got in just a few seconds.

So it is likely that you may have fried the CPU. I would try to reseat another heat sink using thermal paste. If that doesn't work we can give you the right part number for a replacement CPU.

[JEROY]

Assuming that the board didn't ignite , although power can reach fans and some led in many cases , the CPU didn't have any voltage to heat in the first place ,,,

[Taxmancometh]

The Emachines W3400 uses the 2.0 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor with 512 kilobytes of L2 cache and a 1,600 megahertz frontside bus resulting in strong processing abilities suitable for most home PC users. This computer utilizes the ATI RS480 chipset.

Emachines W3400 Specs | eHow.com

[Taxmancometh]

Looks like you can pick one up for 10 bucks. AMD Athlon 64 3000 processor | eBay

[JEROY]

Yep , Ten wasted bucks .. You can get a good board with the same price ...

[Krinthalas]

From about three boards I posted to, You guys have gave me hope and info than the rest, thanks to you all. I don't have time right now to work on it. Other pressing issues of late. But, I'll try what you've said and definitely post my progress thanks again. I'm glad it doesn't seem to cost all that much to fix up... Thanks again!