Open box motherboard not sure if it had bent pins

[Vlad_6781]

So I bought a motherboard yesterday it was an open box and I looked at the socket and I saw one or two pins kind of out of place but in the store they told me the motherboard was returned and was sended back to Gigabyte and Gigabyte said it was good and it was tested (it has a label on the box that reads "REPAIRED AND TESTED") I have no ram on my motherboard right now but a friendo told me that if I had bent pins the pc would not even start, but without ram mi pc only long beeps 5 times I looked this up and people say those beeps mean that there is no ram inserted, witch I don't have, but how would I know if those pins are making contact with my CPU or I'm good to go? PLEASE HELP.

 

[okcnaline]

Your PC won't boot without RAM.

 

[Vlad_6781]

Your PC won't boot without RAM.

yes, I know that, but with bent pins my pc would just flicker and I wouldn't even beep? Right?

 

[okcnaline]

No, BIOS will just beep at you saying the CPU's bad. If you want, upload a picture so I can see if pins' bust.

 

[Vlad_6781]

No, BIOS will just beep at you saying the CPU's bad. If you want, upload a picture so I can see if pins' bust.

Yeeeah about that, I don't have any more thermal compound so I can't remove the cooler, I'll wait for the ram to come to my house and see, I have 15 days to return the motherboard anyways I'll post if the pins did contact the CPU and everything is fine.

 

[salerhino]

No, BIOS will just beep at you saying the CPU's bad. If you want, upload a picture so I can see if pins' bust.

Yeeeah about that, I don't have any more thermal compound so I can't remove the cooler, I'll wait for the ram to come to my house and see, I have 15 days to return the motherboard anyways I'll post if the pins did contact the CPU and everything is fine.

I have like 5-6 bent pins, and mobo works fine (beside that only 2 of 6 ram slots work )

 

[GL9106]

How badly are the pins bent though and can they still make contact with the CPU?

 

[Vlad_6781]

How badly are the pins bent though and can they still make contact with the CPU?

I mean they said it was tested and everything worked so I have to try I'll get the ram on Friday and see if everything is fine if not I have until next Friday to return the motherboard.

 

[Vlad_6781]

So I got the RAM early and I tested everything and I installed windows and everything seems to work fine, BUT I have one bad stick of RAM, I had a hard time trying to boot from my USB and install windows, until I removed one stick and installed windows with 4 gb of ram, I have to ask for a replacement from newegg now.

 

[GL9106]

So the bent pins aren't really the problem, just the RAM.

 

[Vlad_6781]

So the bent pins aren't really the problem, just the RAM.

Yes, basically that's my problem right now.

 

[salerhino]

Are you sure that the RAM is the problem and not the slot for it?

 

[Vlad_6781]

Are you sure that the RAM is the problem and not the slot for it?

Yep, I've tested every other slot with the good ram and everything starts and both sticks are recognized by the bios but the pc freezes at the GIgabyte logo

 

[GL9106]

I think the motherboard might be defective, try checking the RAM slots and underneath it.

 

[mdd1963]

Certainly some 300-400 of the pins pertain to one of the RAM channels' access on a dual channel system....

It'd be a large guess (and stroke of luck) to hope the bent pins in question are not critical in nature.

Get a mechanical pencil with a fine 1/2" long .3 mm tip or so, empty of lead, and see if you can straighten them!

 

[Vlad_6781]

I think the motherboard might be defective, try checking the RAM slots and underneath it.

I got new ram and everything worked just fine, the Ram, the CPU the mobo everything works like a charm.

 

[USAFRet]

As an addendum to this...bent pins can definitely prevent working status. Even just 4 or 5 of them.

On of my systems a few months ago:
Before - No boot

After - boot success

They are all critical. Some more than others.