[SOLVED] cpu slight crush

[tom100152]

hi
so I was building my own pc today. and I was installing the cpu, I put the cpu in the slot with great care but forgot to pull and push the lever and started tightening my heatsink I did about 3 tightens of the heatsink before i realised there was a problem I took the cpu out the slots and there was no denting to the pins because they were in their slots I just wanted to ask would this have broken my cpu there was no exteroir damage as far as I know I cannot test it as my graphics card is coming tomorrow

 

[EridanusSV]

So no damage on your AMD pin grid cpu correct? Orientation is proper and all?

There's only one path to deal with this and that's to go ahead pull the lever down make sure its tight. Make sure to check your manual and that you didnt miss anything. Install the cooler.

Basically finish up the build and launch it. Install drivers and do some benchmarking. Hopefully your numbers are the same with other people's numbers. Good luck.

 

[tom100152]

yes I've finished the build now I'm just waiting on my graphics card I've installed everything and I powered it on my led fans worked my heatsink worked but I don't know if that's connected to cpu

 

[EridanusSV]

yes I've finished the build now I'm just waiting on my graphics card I've installed everything and I powered it on my led fans worked my heatsink worked but I don't know if that's connected to cpu

No it's not connected. Motherboard powers-up and controls the cooler. But we'll see when your GPU comes.

 

[Swa5931]

what kind of GPU are you getting? also i would return it the GPU since the 3000 GPUs are coming out soon

 

[tom100152]

No it's not connected. Motherboard powers-up and controls the cooler. But we'll see when your GPU comes.

my coolers worked tho?

 

[EridanusSV]

my coolers worked tho?

The CPU does not transfer power to the cooler to start it. The power supply does or the cooler's 4pin you connected to the motherboard which is connected to the power supply.

You can plug everything in a motherboard without the CPU and they will all get electricity as long as the motherboard is connected to an active power supply.

 

[mdd1963]

getting a few lights, spinning fans, etc., upon pushing the power switch involves allows one to garner very little about CPU, PSU ,and/or RAM health....

 

[tom100152]

The CPU does not transfer power to the cooler to start it. The power supply does or the cooler's 4pin you connected to the motherboard which is connected to the power supply.

You can plug everything in a motherboard without the CPU and they will all get electricity as long as the motherboard is connected to an active power supply.

yea so there's no way to tell if it works without a gpu

 

[EridanusSV]

yea so there's no way to tell if it works without a gpu

Yes. because the GPU will be the one spitting out pixels to the monitor.

 

[tom100152]

Yes. because the GPU will be the one spitting out pixels to the monitor.

Yes. because the GPU will be the one spitting out pixels to the monitor.

okay thanks man I think it will be okay seeing as it fit in surely if they were bent they would sit flush in the slot for the cpu