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[Dragon]

In any case, If you toasted your processor, you should still be able to get to your BIOS. Also, Your POSt would give you the "bad processor" error code. I agree with Wicker, the PSU seems a little weak for all your running.

[Prometheus]

I thought that might be the case, so I unplugged one of my HDs and tried it. STILL nothing. 550 should be enough for 1 drive and 1 HD.

[TheWickerMan]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

I thought that might be the case, so I unplugged one of my HDs and tried it. STILL nothing. 550 should be enough for 1 drive and 1 HD.

It's the 9800 GT and the core2 quad that have me worried, not so much the HDD and the optical drive (they won't use more than like 20 watts together, and that's kinda over estimating). You still may want to try reseating everything if you haven't already.

[Prometheus]

3 of my CPU pins on the motherboard were bent.

So. Had to drop another 120$ on a mobo. Installing vista and ubuntu later :-D

[TheWickerMan]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

3 of my CPU pins on the motherboard were bent.

So. Had to drop another 120$ on a mobo. Installing vista and ubuntu later :-D

If you feel daring enough, you could probably salvage the motherboard by bending the pins back in place with a tiny screwdriver. I don't know how bad your damage is, but I've saved a few mobo/processors from the trash by doing that.