PC Wont Boot Up After Cleaning the Fans/Heatsink

[Bobezus]

Hi all,

My first post and unfortunately it's for a major problem -- My PC does not boot after cleaning the cooling system.

I tried cleaning the cooling system (fan & heatsink) of my PC because it was crashing lately for several times with no apparrent error.

So I opened the case, and it was infact dirty and clogged up with lumps of dusts. I removed the fans, underneath was the heatsink which was covered with thick dust as well. What follows might have been the cause of problem. I wanted to clean it thoroughly with a brush (dry). So I freed it from the clamps and pulled it out, and to my surprise -- the CPU is attached to it, underneath. I've cleaned my other two desktop PCs and usually the CPU stays on the mobo. I really thought it was odd.

After dusting it, I then started putting everything back to where it was (carefully aligned the pins, no broken ones, re-attached the clamps, then the fans back, etc). Then when I powered it on -- it doesnt boot up. It has power (led, fans, hdd spinning, etc) but nothing on the screen -- blank.

So guys, I'm imploring for your help and asking for your expertise to find some way to solve my problem! Please... 🙁


Thanks!

Please have a look at the pics of the setup:

All intact:
Pic 01

Fan removed:
Pic 02

Heatsink Removed -- CPU missing:
Pic 03

CPU attached to the heatsink
Pic 04

Heatsink (top view with clamp)
Pic 05

CPU sideview
Pic 06


Help! 🙁

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Reseat the memory & any expansion cards (PCI, PCIe, AGP, etc). Double check to make sure no molex connectors are partly connected also...

 

[dfnkt]

YEs I was going to saw reseat the ram

 

[Breene]

Did you scrub vigorusly with soap and water? Use bleach.

 

[NokiaDude]

Did you remove the cpu from the heatsink and then undo the lever on the side of the socket before putting it back in?