[SOLVED] Bent socket pins causing bootloop?

[Sinth3z]

Hey guys, I'm messing around with an old rig of mine and encountered something peculiar. I recently recieved an i5 3470 and wanted to swap said rig's cpu with that one. So here's the thing, the motherboard has a few bent pins on it but runs fine with the already installed cpu, whereas when I swap it with the 3470 it causes an infinite bootloop, not even reaching POST (no beeps from the mobo too). Also, moving the RAM stick from the 1st to 2nd slot (yes, single channel) causes the same bootloop. This I found out when I tried installing a second stick of RAM. So my obvious by now question is, might the bent pins have something to do with this?


The rig:
Asrock h61m-vg3
Intel i5 2320
1x Kingston ValueRAM 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (running at 1333 because of cpu)
Gigabyte r7 260x 2GB GDDR5 128-bit

 

[faalin]

have you made sure the bios is the most current for that board? the H61 was for gen 2 and would need an update to allow the 3gen cpu to work in it.

 

[Sinth3z]

have you made sure the bios is the most current for that board? the H61 was for gen 2 and would need an update to allow the 3gen cpu to work in it.

I have tried updating it through UEFI (internet flash server), says I am running the latest version. Considering the same bootloop happens when I switch my RAM from one slot to the other while still running the 2320, can an outdated BIOS really be considered the culprit? 😀 But yes, nevertheless, I have tried checking for updates atleast a few times.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, yes, I have also installed the latest available Intel chipset driver through Windows.

 

[faalin]

I would try the 3470 and clear the cmos and try booting with that. those bent pins could be part of the ram issues in the second slot.

You could always get a magnifying glass and try to use tweezers to straighten the pins back out.

If you can get back into the bios the latest version from asrock should be 1.90.

I know there were issues where you could over tighten the cpu cooler and move some of the pins to other pads on the cpu, so you could try to loosen the cooler a little and see if that helps

 

[Sinth3z]

I would try the 3470 and clear the cmos and try booting with that. those bent pins could be part of the ram issues in the second slot.

You could always get a magnifying glass and try to use tweezers to straighten the pins back out.

If you can get back into the bios the latest version from asrock should be 1.90.

I know there were issues where you could over tighten the cpu cooler and move some of the pins to other pads on the cpu, so you could try to loosen the cooler a little and see if that helps

I have already tried the 3470 after shorting the pins next to the CMOS battery, should've mentioned that, sorry. Or should I actully short it first and then swap the CPU? Also, yes, my version is 1.90.
Oh well, guess I will be straightening pins first thing tomorrow morning, haha. Oh and about the cooler, it's a stock intel cooler so I'm not really sure how I can loosen it since it's not held down with screws

 

[USAFRet]

Bent pins can absolutely cause issues.
Anything from no boot at all, to nothing.

From a previous system, i5-3570k/Z77 board.

Bent motherboard pins
Before - No boot

After - boot success

to fix: