Changed Motherboard - Now Both Wont Work

[espio]

I have a new Pentium 4 3.2 ghz in the mail so I went out and got a new MSI Intel 848p NEO motherboard today to replace my old Asus p4s333 one, but when I pressed the power swtich the power went on then imediatly went off.

I had some trouble with the CPU - it was glued to the heatsink with that industrial glue crap so I was forced to take it off with a knife. I bent three of the pins slighty, but used a plastic knife to put them back into position. The cpu needed to be pushed slightly to fall into the slot but it all locks up fine.

Also, on my old motherboard I had three power leads going into the motherboard - ATX Power Supply, ATX12V and AUX12V1. There are only slots for ATX Power Supply and ATX12V on my new motherboard.

After a few hours of messing around I put my PC back together how it was with the old motherboard, and it booted up fine to the desktop except the picture is completley screwed, the bios had resetted and the soundcard wouldnt work. After a few resets it now crashes every time I try to log on to my user.

I really hope the old Asus motherboard is damaged an not my Radeon 9800 Pro

Help

[Chuckiechan]

First off, welcome to Techimo!

What operating system do you have?

Basically, you need to re install all of your drivers. They won't carry over to the new configuration. But there are shortcuts for each operating system.

[espio]

windows xp.

[fpantovich]

actually, I think that maybe the bent pins might not be making very good contact, either that or your CPU is messed up...I would say pull out the CPU and check to see if the pins are straight and that when you put it back in they didn't rebend...also, you will definitely have to reinstall the drivers after you get the first issue fixed...try pulling everything that connects to the motherboard out and then putting it back in (reseating everything, basically), then reset the BIOS one more time by pulling the battery out for about 10-15 seconds and give it a go...also, it could possible be your power supply that messin up...

[Chuckiechan]

http://www.theeldergeek.com/replace_motherboard.htm

Basically what this is telling you is that now that your new Motherboard is in, you need to do a "repair". This will reinstall XP to the default of a fresh install and will save your data. (back up just in case).

As you repair you will be prompted to install drivers for your video, sound, etc.

And, yes check the pins to see they are ok and start with one stick of ram.

[stoperror]

Yea....bent pins are usually bad. A bent pin shouldn't be an issue, but often you don't just bend them. Problems arise where you do more than just bend them, but you can't see the damage because of the small size.

Like the time I dropped that Xeon.

[Chuckiechan]

One more thing if easy dosen't work.

You may have a short.

Put your motherboard on a towel on a table, and hook the HDD & video only up. You'll need your keyboard and mouse, too. Quickly short the "start" pins (where your LED's plug in) to get it running (check your manual).

If this works ok, your problem is a short. Put some plastic washers under your board where it is screwed down.

[Messiah89]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuckiechan

Put your motherboard on a towel on a table, and hook the HDD & video only up.

Hook up only the memory and video, no hard drive.

[espio]

someone said it may be because I have too many devices in 1 rail coming from the PSU?

[Chuckiechan]

Let's try to keep it simple by assuming everything is within normal problem areas.

I suggested the HDD because it will get him to and hopefully past where he stalled, and can let it run there for awhile to see if it re boots.