Today I was messing around with my old Packard Bell PB2555CD (it has a 486DX2) and I took the PROCESSOR out and I thought I put it in the right way, but when I went to turn it on nothing happened. The hard drive spun up and stuff but nothign appeard on the monitor. so I took the processor out and tried to put it in the right way but apparently it's not keyed. No matter which direction I put it in now it still won't boot. Did I fry something? It's a dinosaur of a computer so it's not that important, but did I wreck it?  :-? Also i tried booting it without the mouse/keyboard connected, and I made sure the monitor was PLUGGED in securely. Thanks!

-JohnYou didn't break or bend any of the pins right?If you put a 486 in wrong it will be destroyed, often with a spark or a puff of smoke. If you are sure you have it in correctly now and the unit does not power on it is toast.That's the problem I can't figure out which way to put it in... and it didn't spark or anything (i don't think).
And no none of the pins are bent. Thanks!
-John

EDIT: I don't DOUBT though that it's wrecked. I'll go play with it for a while and see if I can't get it to work.Look directly at the pins. One corner of the chip itself is DIFFERENT (beveled). Look for that same arrangement on the insertion socket.                          


See the upper right corner ? ?

Now match it to the MBoard.Yeah I had to take the heat sink off to actually see that but still no go... so did I fry the mobo or just the processor (I have a feeling i could get one for dirt cheap on ebay)? Thanks!

-JohnProcessor for sure and probably the motherboard too.  Well i'll probably BUY another processor for $7 and just try it out lol
Thanks!

-John