Dropped my Ryzen on the cement top first

[Nickolai999]

While I was transporting my Ryzen 5 1600 to my house, I dropped it face first onto the cement "face" first. I tried booting up my system and it won't post. What should I do and should I clean the thermal paste off to show you guys the processor? The fans and lights on my motherboard come up, but no video signal. I can determine all the parts are working besides possibly the processor. this is really putting me off at the moment.

 

[richiestang_78]

Hmm, unless you can visibly see a broken/bent pin (if one was bent and you inserted it while it was bent then its probably already toast) or see if any of the mounted resistors/capacitors didn't break off then I don't know what else you can do to diagnose if the CPU is broken.

 

[Nickolai999]

Hmm, unless you can visibly see a broken/bent pin (if one was bent and you inserted it while it was bent then its probably already toast) or see if any of the mounted resistors/capacitors didn't break off then I don't know what else you can do to diagnose if the CPU is broken.

Hmm, that sucks. Guess I gotta get a new one.

 

[richiestang_78]

You could try and see if you can borrow a CPU, or send away for AMDs Ryzen 2 BIOS upgrade kit (they include a basic CPU) to test the motherboard.

If you do buy a new one then it may be worth it to upgrade your BIOS anyway and get a Ryzen 2600 instead.