Mac Mini 1.66, CPU upgraded now won't boot, what can I do?

I have an older Mac Mini which came with a 1.66GHz CPU.  I had previously upgraded the RAM to 2GB and it was perfectly happy with that.
A friend gave me a SLA4D Core 2 Duo CPU which was in working order when he gave it to me at least...
I installed the CPU and put everything back together but all I get is a solid white power light, fan at the back running very quietly and no other output - no display, beeps or anything.
If I hold the power button for 3-4 seconds it will switch off as it should do.
If I try to insert a CD there is no grab - it just springs back out.  I've not noticed any mechanical sounds from the DVD drive but it's quite noisy in this room so I may have just missed them,
I tried:
pull power plug for 10 seconds, hold power button and insert power, hold button for 5 seconds, wait 5 seconds, press button.
This reportedly resets the PMU.  When I powered back on, the fans were running full speed, all other symptoms were the same.
I then removed power cable, pressed button for 5 seconds which reportedly clears the SMU.  When I power back on, I'm back to square one.
This machine has been unplugged and out of use for a good 9-10 months - I didn't switch it on before I swapped the CPU as it goes.  The CR232 battery appears to be OK still.
Does anyone have any ideas?  I really need to get this back up and running as I have to build something in xcode tomorrow so I'd really appreciate any help.
Cheers!
It was this CPU btw:  http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SLA4D.html

IIRC, that's a socket P processor. The mini has a socket M, which looks and feels the same but is electrically incompatible. So that configuration is not going to work.
You need a processor in the T7200-T7600 series. In a pinch, of course, you can put the original processor back.
Good luck!

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