Power Problem

[Dookswah]

I'm running a Duron 1Ghz on an MSI-6378 MB, today I decided to clean the inch thick dust with a small paint brush. After doing so I hit the switch and got nothing. After an hour or so of stuffing about I've found that it powers up without the CPU in, but once the CPU is in all I get is a small CPU fan spin and nothing happens. Anyone got any ideas? I'm thinking either a short or a dead CPU, unfortunately I don't have another to test :(

Thanks in Advance.

Jake.

[citrixmeta]

have u tried clearing the bios?

do u have any friends with amd cpu/motherboards they can swap and troubleshoot with?

[Dookswah]

I haven't tried clearing the BIOS I'll give that a go now....Working on friends with amd boards/cpus as we speak! :)

[Dookswah]

Just noticed some slight damage (small chip off the corner) to the CPU chip if that helps?

[versello]

Chip off the cpu's core?

[Dookswah]

yeah it looks like it, the core being the big chip in the middle?

[GnomeWizardd]

ouch! cracked cpu core ive done that about 1/2 dozen times

[versello]

yeah it looks like it, the core being the big chip in the middle?

Yup.