Hello everyone,
I had a little accident a few days ago.
I wanted to give my computer a nice clean. While disassembling my CPU cooler (Scythe Mugen 5 ARGB) the thermal grease appeared to be so sticky that while removing the cooler it ripped the CPU straight out with it. Out of the locked CPU socket. That was a Ryzen 5 3600x on the MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS mainboard.
I had some bent pins and another one broke off. I tried to bend the pins back as best as I could but when assembling everything back together, the computer just didn't power on anymore.
Since I was planning to upgrade it anyways, I just said screw it and ended up buying a new CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
It came in yesterday and I went ahead to install it.
The computer does turn on now! Fans spin, lights kick in. But now I got the EZ Debug red light for the CPU. I took it back out, pins are all okay and it slides in the socket perfectly. I checked all the connectors and they looked fine. RAM is in the right slots. Everything has power. I ended up resetting the CMOS and then manually flashing the latest bios on the bare board with nothing but the mainboard and the 8 pin CPU and 24 pin ATX power attached. The flashing went without any problems, but what I found very curious is that even on the bare board during flashing, the EZ Debug CPU light was lit.
Does that mean the board is dead? I assume that when the CPU ripped out, it must've damaged the socket in some way. Since the new CPU slides in just right, I guess there are no pins or anything left in the socket.
Does anyone have any idea on what to do? I sadly don't have another system to see if maybe the new CPU is the culprit, but since the CPU light was lit even on the bare board, I assume that this is the culprit.
Thanks in advance!
I had a little accident a few days ago.
I wanted to give my computer a nice clean. While disassembling my CPU cooler (Scythe Mugen 5 ARGB) the thermal grease appeared to be so sticky that while removing the cooler it ripped the CPU straight out with it. Out of the locked CPU socket. That was a Ryzen 5 3600x on the MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS mainboard.
I had some bent pins and another one broke off. I tried to bend the pins back as best as I could but when assembling everything back together, the computer just didn't power on anymore.
Since I was planning to upgrade it anyways, I just said screw it and ended up buying a new CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.
It came in yesterday and I went ahead to install it.
The computer does turn on now! Fans spin, lights kick in. But now I got the EZ Debug red light for the CPU. I took it back out, pins are all okay and it slides in the socket perfectly. I checked all the connectors and they looked fine. RAM is in the right slots. Everything has power. I ended up resetting the CMOS and then manually flashing the latest bios on the bare board with nothing but the mainboard and the 8 pin CPU and 24 pin ATX power attached. The flashing went without any problems, but what I found very curious is that even on the bare board during flashing, the EZ Debug CPU light was lit.
Does that mean the board is dead? I assume that when the CPU ripped out, it must've damaged the socket in some way. Since the new CPU slides in just right, I guess there are no pins or anything left in the socket.
Does anyone have any idea on what to do? I sadly don't have another system to see if maybe the new CPU is the culprit, but since the CPU light was lit even on the bare board, I assume that this is the culprit.
Thanks in advance!