SL53S chip

[95naSTA]

Hey guys, great forum!
I've been lurking around recently and this place has been very helpful.
I just recently got 1 256mb stick of ram (had 2 128s) and a SL53S 1 Ghz PIII processor.
I upgraded to the ram first, booted up and everything worked fine.
Then I tried the SL53S chip. I could get the lights to turn on but it wouldn't boot up.
I put the old 700 MHz chip back in and it works fine.
Does this mean its fried, my motherboard isn't compatible, or somthing else?
Thanks in advance.

[RealBlackStuff]

Try reseating the new CPU. Make sure you have proper heat-conducting/thermal paste between CPU and fan-unit.
If not, it could overheat in seconds and conk out (not necessarily fry).

[95naSTA]

I'll give it another shot. I had it in and out 4 times and I did have a good amount of thermal paste on it.
BTW, I'm mostly Irish, and was over there in '98. Very beautiful place.