ThinkPad doesn't post after repaste

[oali24]

So I just repasted my laptop but it doesn't seem to post the power button led just turns on but no video or sound or fans spinning. Anyone have any ideas? Maybe there was too much paste? But I thought that paste was non conductive? Any help would be useful.

[oali24]

I took a picture of the motherboard if that helps

[DoctorNick]

Try removing cmos battery. Hopefylle you did also remove the normal battery when repasting.

[Hold-Ma-Beer]

@oali24 Did it have thermal paste from factory or thermal pad? 

I tried to replace thermal pads on the cpu in my laptop with thermal paste and it was stuck in a bootloop. Found out that the pressure plate was touching some point on the mobo...

If your laptop came with thermal paste from the factory, look that you're not applying too much pressure on the CPU (the heatsink that bolts over the cpu)

[LloydLynx]

That's way too much thermal paste for sure, it should look more like this when you remove the heatsink. A giant glob of thermal paste probably won't cause no POST, but you never know.