Hey hey! First post, so be gentile.
I'm having a problem and I have no idea what is causing it. Here's the story: the CPU fan mount on my fiancee's computer broke off. Couldn't glue it into place, so I went head and ordered a new motherboard. I didn't want to spend a whole lot, so I bought a
cheap Shuttle. It got here, I swapped out the old, broken motherboard for the new one, taking all the usual static precautions.
Problem is, that I fired it up, and it didn't really do anything. At all. The DVD drive wouldn't open, the optical mouse didn't light up, the keyboard lights wouldn't light. So, I figured maybe the CPU had been unprotected for too long when the old fan broke off, and overheated and toasted itself. So, to test this theory, I swapped it out with an old CPU I had laying around. And it booted right up for a bit, I was halfway through with the BIOS settings, when the screen went black and, again, none of the perhipials work. And now, that CPU doesn't work either.
So, question is, am I doing something stupid and not realizing it, or is this motherboard eating processors? Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks!
-Dan