First time building a computer.

[zesnickers]

TY

Anyway, I'm building a computer for the first time and my motherboard and processor consist of a AMD 64 3200+ and a DFI lanparty nforce3. I have a few questions...

1. Does the processor have to have thermal grease applied to it and the heatsink? I didn't realize that you had to open the place where you put the proc in and then lock it down. So I had to scrape all the thermal grease off.

2. When I try to boot up the computer, it'll make a beep noise after about 5 seconds, and the screen will show a consist pattern of blue-ish wavy symbols.

Can anyone offer help? TY for your time.

 

[zesnickers]

Oops.. sorry for double post.

 

[yankeesfan]

1. yes, thermal grease is needed!. It is a MUST! Artic Silver is good stuff. Google it.
2. Probably because you had no thermal grease/substance. The beep tells you something. Look in your motherboard book for information on what the beeps mean.

Hope this helps

 

[zesnickers]

Will the processor actually be damaged if i booted without thermal grease?

 

[yankeesfan]

there will be no way to boot without thermal grease. There are safety things that will prevent your CPU from frying. After a few seconds, these things will kick in and power off your machine. YOU MUST USE THERMAL PASTE.

 

[gwai lo]

some mobos beep because their isn't a video connection....in other words is your video card plugged in correctly? is your vga cabled plugged correctly as well?