No video after changing HSF

[uberdork]

OK..I'm stumped. I thought I hosed my proc, an Athlon Tbird 1.4GHz, when I put non-acetone nail polish remover on it instead of rubbing alcohol. (I know dumb move but I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing.) So I locate a new 1.3GHz Tbird locally. I run down, pick it up and install it. Same deal. No video. Everything powers up but I get no POST beeps, nothing. Previous to running down to the store I swapped out the video card and the same thing happened.

Anyone have any ideas? I'm going to put the old noisy HSF in and see if it will fire back up. After that I'm stumped on how I could hose the whole deal with a HSF change.

 

[Zepper]

Boilerplate-01:
. Most frequent causes of failure to boot:
1- RAM, CPU or AGP video card not seated properly, or a bent pin.
2- Drive data cable on upside down or only on half the pins or shifted . a pin or two (usually Floppy or Zip drives).
3- CMOS needs to be cleared (AC power must usually be disconnected or . attempt to clear CMOS may fail) Unless your mobo does not use a power-off CMOS clear - check your mobo manual for specific info.
.bh.
4- On some new mobos there is a CPU protection feature (esp. on Asus/Asrock Athlon/Socket A mobos) that will not allow the system to start if there is no fan (or a fan without a working speed sensor wire) connected to the fan power connector on the mobo (specifically marked "CPU Fan"). If you tried to start your machine without a fan properly connected, you have to attach a proper and working fan and clear the CMOS before it will boot.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

it's most likely your cpu....i doubt it's your video card or anything else...well, to make sure you ..as always..take out every component that is unesessary ...and boot it up...

don't forget to reset your CMOS..most people forget to do that ..you always do it after you mess something w/ the cpu or something similar

zepper posted good suggestions...follow them...

i think just clearing your cmos will do for now