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This is really dependent on the board manufacture. What kind of computer is this and what is the model?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3440605#N1443
Mobo name: Asus M2NC51-AR
Well, any HP should give you POST error beeps if you don't have the CPU or RAM installed. However, I work for HP and I have to fix stuff like this all the time and I can tell you that those post beeps are pretty arbitrary and don't tell you what's wrong half the time. They are by no means a diagnostic tool IMO, at least not on HPs.
Their are no beeps though upon booting it without a cpu. Don't have the means to reseat the heatsink to test with the cpu at this time.(No thermal grease)
All i wanting to test really is that the motherboard is functional as i just received it a few days ago To make sure its not DOA
I know, I'm just saying, it should be. Depending on which CPU it has you could start it up to see if it will POST without the HSF and then just shut it down again.
This won't damage my cpu at all?
If you're concerned about it then I would suggest you wait for the thermal grease. I've done it with certain processors without damage but that's not a certainty.
This hasn't been brought up yet...Did you plug in the onboard speaker?
As long as you tighten the HS down correctly, TIM can be applied when you get it.
pull the backplate off the old board?
If the board is dead, break the board, not the bracket, lol. If the board isn't dead, be vewy vewy gentuhl.