MAJOR hardware failure!

Well it's an old inspiron 1100 from dell I think it's like 6 years old and never been maintained ONCE.

specs:
pentium 4 2.2ghz
256mb ddr400
30gb hitachi
xp home sp2
intel IGP
not sure about the mobo cus it's too old

it happened when I found it too hot to use and decided that it's time to open it up and clean the vents. the cpu was idling at 60C!

anyway when I open it up and took out the 'thermal-cooling assembly' the CPU came out with it, firmly stuck on the heat sink!
image attached:
first one is something I found on the web, someone took apart his inspiron 1100 and this is what it should look like.

second image is a photo of my heatsink/fanblock. this is just too weird

after I clean out the vent and took out a massive lump of dust and hairs composite the computer won't boot. the cpu gets hot and the fans come on, no sign of HDD activity, the GPU is not working (no heat felt from it) and no sign of the LCD being powered up, NOTHING.

I'm guessing I killed the cpu or the mobo, it's too old anyway and I'm getting a new laptop. I still wish to repair it myself given it's doable and cost less than £100/$200

 

Its about 3 years old.

lol i think your missing a fan.

the cpu must have been glued onto the heatsink. Try prying it out carefully, make sure you dont bend any of the pins.

Try reseating the CPU again.

 

Does sound bad! Was it working before you played with?

 

It was working before I opened it. and I took the fan out to clean the radiating fins, it's there. altough the cpu situation is very odd, I don't know why it would cause a problem at all.
the pins are all fine when I put it together again, everything looks fine physicly, but it just won't boot.

 

Either the CPU isnt locked in properly or you tightened the heatsink too much.

You did turn the screw to lock the CPU back in right?

 

Yes i did, the exhaust pumps out hot air after I attempt to boot, but nothing shows up on lcd, it won't power up.

 

You may have bent a pin removing the processor and heatsink like that. This has happened to me before, but I only had to bend a few pins back to straighten them out.
If the pins look fine, than just reinstall the cpu,turn the screw to lock the cpu in, and then reassemble your laptop.
If you have not taken the cpu off of the heatsink, than you cannot possibly use a flathed to lock teh cpu into the socket. Remove the heatsink, with some rubbing alcohol, a hairdryer and a small flathead screwdriver. The hairdryer will loosen the compound and make it easier for you to remove the cpu. Heat the copper side, not the cpu side. The heat will conduct through the heatsink.
It looks like a desktop cpu from the first pic, so its definitely not related to overtightening the heatsink screws. The IHC is designed to take a huge load of pressure from massive heatsinks.

Try removing the bios battery, and main power, and see if you can reset your bios.

EDIT:
Try reconnecting your monitor, or try using an external one to override the onboard lcd. That will tell you if the problem is a connection issue or a broken screen.

Good luck

K-TRON

 

I'll try separate the heatsink from the cpu and reinstalling the cpu. I need to rip the laptop apart to get to the mobo
it's pretty much dead anyway so I'll give it a shot when i have some time. exams are still going on

 

i agree with the 2 or 3 posts above me,, seperate that CPU from the heatsink.. it seems like it would be hard to get the CPU locking screw to function correctly when the CPU is attached to that copper monster,,,

unless something went seriously wrong you should be OK,,, but with these small electronics you never know when static might rear it's ugly head