Computer "Upgrading"

[xRyokenx]

Hey, umm... I'm having some major computer problems... I think the motherboard or something is shot... At first, it booted up, and asked me if I wanted to start Windows in safe mode, and I hit "Start Windows normally," and it went into a seemingly neverending chain of rebooting, so I powered it down and tried again a few times, and after a couple tries, I turned it on again, and it made a terrible buzzing noise, which came in the direction of the monitor and speakers, and I turned it off, turned it on again, and it did the same thing. Now when I boot it up, it sounds normal, but doesn't display anything, I tried a different monitor, and it didn't show anything on that either. I pulled out the HDD, and it doesn't rattle or anything. It smelled like something electrical burning, and after sniffing around, it seemed to comerom the CPU... so I pulled off the heatsink, and there was some thermal paste on top of the CPU, not on the contact where it should be (I'll find out what thermal paste I have sometime later), so I wiped off the thermal paste, and put the CPU back, but left off the heatsink. Oh, and there weren't any scorch marks on anything or any cracks on the motherboard, so I think it might be a loose connection. The night before this I had a particularly bad dream, and I did some kicking... my bed is a mattress on the floor, with the desk on the end by my feet, the desk has an open side where the tower sits, so it's an awful spot, and I've since made room in a better spot for the tower. Any advice on this would be great.

-Anthony

[progbuddy]

paste might be on a sensitive connection, reducing voltage. Try blowing uit with can air.

[xRyokenx]

My computer makes an annoying beeping sound whenever I try to turn it on... so I'm assuming the motherboard and/or CPU is dead... I'll probably contact Newegg and get replacements for both and install the crap all over again. So long as I don't have to reinstall everything I'll be happy.

[slytherock]

What's the codes? shorts ones, long ones combinaison?

[slytherock]

awardbios beepcodes

[xRyokenx]

I sounds somewhat like a British police siren (I used to watch those car chase shows), like "dee doo dee doo dee doo," and it continues to do that for a couple seconds after the power is turned off.

EDIT:
This one:
Repeating High/Low CPU: Either the CPU is not seated properly or the CPU is damaged. May also be due to excess heat. Check the CPU fan or BIOS settings for proper fan speed.

There were some darker brown marks on the bottom of the heatsink, so it might have overheated. progbuddy is supposedly going to come over to my house one day and help me with this... he has a spare Socket A CPU, so let's hope it's just overheating, but it starts beeping about half a second after it's turned on, so that may not be the case... If worst comes to worst, I'll just have to throw about $120 to $150 to a new mobo and CPU, or, if it works, buy progbuddy's CPU from him.

[slytherock]

Probably only a dead CPU. If the board was touched, it wont open at all.

[xRyokenx]

Ahh, okay, thanks... I'll have to search for a new one online... too bad Newegg doesn't sell Socket A CPUs anymore, I'll take a look, and throw another fifty bucks or so at this thing.

+Rep for you slytherock

Thanks for the help.

[slytherock]

The pleasure was mine

Good luck on your quest

[xRyokenx]

It appears as though they phased out Socket A CPUs with the coming of Vista... so, I'd rather not try eBay, CPUs are too easily broken, etc. for me to want to look there, and if anyone wants a Socket A mobo, just let me know, I seem to have a spare now, unless someone here knows of somewhere to buy the CPU I need.