Did I just kill my computer?

[PLODDITHANLEY]

What did you get?

[saXoni]

A friend of mine got a new computer in April I believe, not quite smart of him as he's now an exchange student in the US, meaning his computer would be unused for 10 months, so I figured I might as well rent his computer until he comes home. He'll make some money, I'll save some, and I'll get my own system when he's back.

PC Specifications

Operating System
Windows 7

Motherboard
MSI B75MA-S01

Processor
Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz

Memory
8 GB DDR3 (1600 MHz IIRC)

Video Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Sound Card
NVIDIA High Definition Audio

Hard Drive(s)
1TB Western Digital WDC WD10EZRX-00A8LB0
120GB KINGSTON SH103S3120G

Optical Drive(s)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224BB ATA Device

Case
CM Storm Trooper Full Tower

Monitor(s)
BenQ G2420HDB (1920x1080@60Hz)
SyncMaster (1920x1080@60Hz)

Speakers
Logitech G35 Headset w/ DFX Audio Enhancer 11.1

[NO FUN ALLOWED]

Oh sax you need to join the 120hz monitor master race bro

[RyanJC]

Old thread but you might have smushed the pins on your motherboard's socket while placing the CPU back in. I had similar symptoms on a 1155 board.

[saXoni]

Oh sax you need to join the 120hz monitor master race bro

What's the difference?

Old thread but you might have smushed the pins on your motherboard's socket while placing the CPU back in. I had similar symptoms on a 1155 board.

I guess that could have happened, even though I was very careful when both removing and placing the CPU.

[DesmoLocke]

Found this and had no where to post it, so here it is.

[saXoni]

Haha, yes Desmo, it can run PR 1.0.

[labonte95]

maybe you spilled some thermal paste and shorted the board out? do you know if the paste you used was conductive or not?