ARRRUGH!!! Please help

Discussion in 'Processors, Motherboards & Memory' started by me_myself-I, Jan 17, 2011.

  1. me_myself-I

    me_myself-I Newbie

    Hey. I'm new to the boards and I have a question related to a poor old compaq. I know its pretty much junk but I want to make sure. The last six months the cpu has been runing at idle with a temp of 65c. The fan is on constanly. I have already cleaned the tower and is dust free. I check the processes running on it and no cpu intensives are running. I finally decided to check the heat sync to clean and re-apply thermal paste. Now she won't budge. High pitched whine and one slow steady POST beep. Any ideas before I junk it?

    Compaq Presario S4020WM
    Athlon 2400 xp
     
  2. Lacus

    Lacus Newbie

    Try resiting the rams to see if it works. What did you removed aside from the heatsink?
     
  3. belikethat

    belikethat Just Started

    check ur manual book mobo. for the meaning of one 'slow steady POST beep'
     
  4. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    I would recheck the heatsink - see if it's been reinstalled properly. Also, I would reseat the connectors and memory modules.
     
  5. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    I've a feeling the heatsink wasn't installed properly, make sure there is a 'click' sound when you install the HSF
     

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