I have nothing to add, other than the obligatory "photos would help" :-D Normally the notches line up with the socket -- and the triangle does, too, at the exact same time. On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Clug <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > 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. > > So... try clearing the CMOS, like it says. There's usually a jumper on the > motherboard for that. > > I don't understand what you mean by needing a cellphone contract to take a > picture. If it has a camera, you can take a picture, and surely you can > transfer files off your phone to the computer?... > > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, Brian Wood wrote: > > I got all the parts now and am trying to build the system. >> When I power it on I get code "00" on a led. According to >> the motherboard debug info, that means: >> Please check if the CPU is installed correctly and then >> clear CMOS. >> >> I thought that the two notches on the cpu were lined up >> with the two things on the motherboard. I tried lining up >> the gold triangle on the cpu with something on the >> motherboard but I didn't see a similar triangle on the >> motherboard. Now I'm hoping I haven't messed up >> the cpu or the motherboard. What to try next? One bit of >> good news was that the cpu fan was on the whole time. >> >> I've removed the heat sink and am looking at the cpu >> and it looks to me like those notches are lined up right. >> I wasn't sure if I was putting the memory in the right >> slot. I put it in the slot furthest from the cpu/socket. >> I read the motherboard manual on the memory, but >> still wasn't sure. >> >> Someone may ask me to take a picture, but I don't >> have a cell phone contract for that. Tia. Please reply >> to me directly. >> >> -- >> Brian >> Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust. >> http://webEbenezer.net >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150717/2b9adb82/attachment.html>