Forget photos - we need models. CPU type, Motherboard, etc. Brian - There’s typically an arrow on the ZIF slot for the CPU (check out these Google Images results: https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=914&q=CPU+slot&oq=CPU+slot&gs_l=img.3..0j0i30j0i5i30j0i8i30l3j0i24l4.1836.2774.0.2925.8.8.0.0.0.0.120.703.5j3.8.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.8.702.diF5I_ipkww <https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1536&bih=914&q=CPU+slot&oq=CPU+slot&gs_l=img.3..0j0i30j0i5i30j0i8i30l3j0i24l4.1836.2774.0.2925.8.8.0.0.0.0.120.703.5j3.8.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.8.702.diF5I_ipkww>) You will see all sorts of sockets… the 2nd one is a ZIF style connector. If you click on it and then the second image that shows in the “similar images” spot you’ll see that this socket type has a notch in the corner where it’s missing a single ZIF pin: http://imgur.com/SevLVWG <http://imgur.com/SevLVWG> - that corresponds with the triangle of the CPU. > On Jul 17, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com <mailto:chapinjeff at gmail.com>> wrote: > > 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 <mailto: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 <http://webebenezer.net/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <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 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > On Jul 17, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <mailto: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 <http://webebenezer.net/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <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 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150717/51ad9952/attachment-0001.html>