G60JX - Screen malfunction, possible cpu damaged

Hello experts,

I have a g60jx that recently began to overheat badly. I decided to open the notebook up and clean out the fan. Since this was my first time I looked up some videos but the best I could find were for the 73 models. Long story short I only really need to remove maybe a dozen screws to get to the heatsink/fan but ended up opening my laptop all the way up. I cleaned out the fan, put it back together sans base keyboard but the screen will no longer come on. The power button works and lights up a long with the other buttons on that bar. The cd tray makes the same click sound per usual log on.

I did not end up removing the monitor half of the laptop because i realized it was unnecessary so i do not think there were any cables damaged. However in the process of removing the heatsink from the cpu I ended up yanking the cpu out of the slots because it was stuck so hard to the thermal paste. I checked and the pins appeared to all be there and I put it back in and it looked fine. Yet the screen will not show anything. There are no sounds of a boot up and I did not damage the sound cable so I am not sure what exactly I damaged.

Appreciate any help you all could give me.

 

Yikes, sorry to hear about the issues.

Could be a combination of things...There's a little video card that comes down from the monitor and fits into a little slot that may have wiggled loose during this process. Also, the fact that the CPU was yanked out of its slot has me a little worried. There should be a little "latch" mechanism that you can turn with the tip of a flat-head screwdriver that secures the laptop into its socket. That may need to be tightened, or loosened then tightened again so that the pins fall into the socket correctly.

 

Always funny that you can do something a hundred times and itll never work but then someone suggests it to you and bam everything is all good. Huge thanks for the help. Guessing I didnt tighten the latch hard enough.