Question Possible CPU damage ?

[artemm1727]

I think the CPU of my computer is damaged. A few days ago, I decided to change my case to a new one. While disassembling the components to clean them, I noticed there was a lot of thermal paste spread on my CPU. When I disassembled it, I accidentally spilled thermal paste on the socket of my motherboard (Z790 PLUS WIFI TUF) as well as on the bottom part of the CPU.

While cleaning the motherboard socket, some of the pins on the card got bent. Also, during the process of assembling the computer, I accidentally dropped my CPU (LOLz). After cleaning both the motherboard socket and the bottom of the CPU, I assembled the entire computer in the new case, but it only showed a black screen.

I opted to buy a new motherboard (MSI MORTAR B760M WIFI II), as they were on sale, and when I installed all my components, my computer turned on, but it behaves strangely. Windows tends to freeze sometimes, games like League of Legends experience frame rate drops from 50 to 160, and it doesn't even exceed 160 fps, even with a 4070 SUPER. I have done all kinds of checks to verify that my CPU is fine—temperatures, benchmark tests, and others—and everything shows that it's fine, but I have the impression that it is damaged due to this behavior. Should I buy a new CPU, or what could it be?

Current specs:
CPU: 13600k
CPU COOLER: Thermalright PS SE 120
MOBO: MSI MORTAR B760M WIFI II
DDR5: Corsair Vengance 2 x 16GBs
GPU: ASUS TUF 4070 SUPER
PSU: MEW 850 GOLD V2

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

While cleaning the motherboard socket, some of the pins on the card got bent.
You might want to pass on images of the CPU's socket.

and when I installed all my components, my computer turned on, but it behaves strangely.
If you didn't reinstall the OS after the motherboard swap, that's what you need to do now. Also, make sure you're on the latest BIOS version while on the new motherboard.

 

[artemm1727]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

While cleaning the motherboard socket, some of the pins on the card got bent.
You might want to pass on images of the CPU's socket.

and when I installed all my components, my computer turned on, but it behaves strangely.
If you didn't reinstall the OS after the motherboard swap, that's what you need to do now. Also, make sure you're on the latest BIOS version while on the new motherboard.

Hey Lutfj thanks for your answer!!,


Sure I can share an image of the damaged pins, :

https://imgur.com/a/KVr3HnX

View: https://imgur.com/a/KVr3HnX


I actually have reinstalles the OS like 3 or 4 times for the new MOBO , not sure if theres a driver or somthing causing this, i just did a Cinebench (2024) multicore test and i got 917 points, that doesnt seem good.

 

[QyInvoLing]

"some of the pins on the card got bent"——correct it manually using a thin card, and then check if the mb is still alive.

 

[artemm1727]

"some of the pins on the card got bent"——correct it manually using a thin card, and then check if the mb is still alive.

TBH ive already tried but these things are so small and fragile that im afraid to screw it even more, besides ive already put the MOBO in its box, is shipping tomorrow to an ASUS Tech Center,

 

[thestryker]

It definitely sounds like something is throttling your system to some degree or another. It could be some sort of motherboard settings or just a cooling issue when under load. Unless the pads on the CPU were scratched/damaged the CPU itself should be fine.

HWMonitor will show what the PL1/2 limits are currently set to and Throttlestop can show what's limiting your system as well.

While it wouldn't cause this big of a disparity your DRAM may not be running at the right speed either.

 

[artemm1727]

TBH ive already tried but these things are so small and fragile that im afraid to screw it even more, besides ive already put the MOBO in its box, is shipping tomorrow to an ASUS Tech Center

It definitely sounds like something is throttling your system to some degree or another. It could be some sort of motherboard settings or just a cooling issue when under load. Unless the pads on the CPU were scratched/damaged the CPU itself should be fine.

HWMonitor will show what the PL1/2 limits are currently set to and Throttlestop can show what's limiting your system as well.

While it wouldn't cause this big of a disparity your DRAM may not be running at the right speed either.

Yesterday i reinstalled windows again, i downloaded the proper intel drivers, gpu drivers, mobo drivers, enabled some settings in the bios such as XMP, Bar support and 4g decoding, CPU is doing much better now, i have stable FPS now, also made some cinebench testing and CPU is hitting a normal scores 😀