somethings messed up

[Danadcorps]

hey guys i got a big problem. I am in college right now so i live wiht 5 other guys. To make a long story short, 2 of them got drunk one night and one of them accidentally fell on my computer, tipping it over since then it hasn't been working

btw my bro and i have very similar systems (monitor, video card, network card, memory and processor are all the same)
only differences (hard drives, motherboard, speakers, and he has a sound card)

my old motherboard (albatron kx400-8x)

heres what i did:

brought my system home (w/out monitor, keyboard, mouse, or speakers....so just the case and everything inside of it)
bought a new motherboard (asus a7n8x)
installed new motherboard and put everything on it.......didn't work
took out my hd, put my brothers hd into my system........didn't work
put my hd into my brothers system *set my hd to master* went into bios and......didn't recognize my hd
put my bros hd back into his *set his to master* with mine in his comp *set mine to slave* went into bios and ......didn't recognize my hd
took out my hd, put it back into my system
took out my vid card, took out my bros vid card, and put my vid card into my bros system....everything worked fine in his comp
put the vid cards back into the appropriate places
took out my new motherboard and put my old motherboard in ...installed everything back in

here are my conclusions:
my video card is fine
my hard drive is fried
my processor is messed up

whenever i say "didn't work" this is what i mean: put the power on and the fans move (all of them). i can open and close my cd-rw and my dvd-rw as much as i want, but i don't feel my hard drive moving at all. monitor doens't display anythign (it just says that there is no signal)....can someone please help me and/or confirm my results

btw, i didn't want to take out my bros processor and put it into mine cause i don't want to take the chance of screwing his system up too.

thansk for you help! (for those of u who do help me) 😕

 

[loic2003]

I think you're correct in guessing that the processor is toast. The part which is the most sensitive to vibration/impact is the die on the top of the processor. heatsinks are quite chunky these days and an impact can make them chip/crack the top of the processor. I remember when I first started university, we had transported my computer without removing the heatsink (it had a nasty thermaltake orb thing that was really tall and crappy). When I arrived at uni I had a similar problem, it would boot a bit, but the diplay wouldn't activate and the machine seemed kinda dead. Turns out the procesor was screwed...

try a swap with the processor from your brother's machine to confirm the damage, once you've got the cash from your housemate for a new chip, slap in a new one and all should be well. Remember to remove the heatsink whilst you transport the thing!!!

hope this helps...