Clug writes: > CPU sockets are usually ZIF, or Zero Insertion Force, sockets. That means > the CPU will just drop in without you having to apply ANY preassure. The > CPU will ABSOLUTELY NOT go in the wrong way. You would break/bend pins if > you tried. > I had watched a video about that and that's what I tried to do. I placed the cpu in the socket and didn't think it looked quite right so I picked it back up and set it back down again. Then I put the arm down. > > So... try clearing the CMOS, like it says. There's usually a jumper on the > motherboard for that. I removed the battery and then put it back and tried booting, I did that two times, but got the "00" code still. These are the components. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=i3+4370&N=-1&isNodeId=1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157561&cm_re=asrock_c226m-_-13-157-561-_-Product -- Brian Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150717/92d217c4/attachment.html>