[SOLVED] Ryzen 2700x with bent pins ROG B450-F staying dark

[tuhriel]

Hi,
I think I made a little blunder with my rig. I recently updated the core of my old PC with and is now running the following setting:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/T6Kztg
*there is some additional stuff like HDDs which I took over from my old computer. but I did a clean win10 install

Everything worked fine, until after about 2 months the pump of the corsair h100i broke down. I had to remove it for warranty replacement and added the box cooler. So far so good.

Last week I received my replacement for the h100i and wanted to install it, but when I removed the cooler, the heat paste practically glued the cpu to the cooler and ripped it out, bending a few pins in the process (in hindsight there was some things which would helped to prevent this)

I then bent the pins back tried to insert the CPU and added the new h100i. When I add power now nothing happens, the ROG sign on the mainboard only flashes white for about half a second and the LED of the ethernet adapter flashes from time to time, but otherwise the MB stays dark.
The only thing that shows any life is the power led of the GPU.

Can some one tell me if my mainboard has taken some damage from ripping out the CPU aswell, or is it a feature that it stays down if a broken CPU is installed

Not sure what to do from here, I see three options:

1. remove the cooler and cpu again and try to fix the bent pins better - not sure if that works
2. get a new cpu - which would suck
3. get a new cpu and a new MB - which would suck a lot, but if the MB is broken I don't want to risk inserting the new cpu in the broken mainboard and then breaking the new cpu again.

It's not my first rig I built, but I wouldn't call myself a pro so I would really appreciate any help

 

[hftvhftv]

Hi,
I think I made a little blunder with my rig. I recently updated the core of my old PC with and is now running the following setting:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/T6Kztg
*there is some additional stuff like HDDs which I took over from my old computer. but I did a clean win10 install

Everything worked fine, until after about 2 months the pump of the corsair h100i broke down. I had to remove it for warranty replacement and added the box cooler. So far so good.

Last week I received my replacement for the h100i and wanted to install it, but when I removed the cooler, the heat paste practically glued the cpu to the cooler and ripped it out, bending a few pins in the process (in hindsight there was some things which would helped to prevent this)

I then bent the pins back tried to insert the CPU and added the new h100i. When I add power now nothing happens, the ROG sign on the mainboard only flashes white for about half a second and the LED of the ethernet adapter flashes from time to time, but otherwise the MB stays dark.
The only thing that shows any life is the power led of the GPU.

Can some one tell me if my mainboard has taken some damage from ripping out the CPU aswell, or is it a feature that it stays down if a broken CPU is installed

Not sure what to do from here, I see three options:

1. remove the cooler and cpu again and try to fix the bent pins better - not sure if that works
2. get a new cpu - which would suck
3. get a new cpu and a new MB - which would suck a lot, but if the MB is broken I don't want to risk inserting the new cpu in the broken mainboard and then breaking the new cpu again.

It's not my first rig I built, but I wouldn't call myself a pro so I would really appreciate any help

I did the same with my FX 8350 when removing the stock cooler. I didn't bend any pins but I just made sure the arm mechanism on the motherboard was reset and working properly, then reinstalled the CPU. I'd try removing it again to make sure none of the pins broke off.

 

[AllanGH]

At this stage you lose nothing by going with option 1. The situation is not going to improve by doing nothing, and that would be my first step..

 

[tuhriel]

I did the same with my FX 8350 when removing the stock cooler. I didn't bend any pins but I just made sure the arm mechanism on the motherboard was reset and working properly, then reinstalled the CPU. I'd try removing it again to make sure none of the pins broke off.

okay thanks, I'll try as soon as I get the chance to buy some heat paste.

 

[tuhriel]

It seems I didn't do a good enough job with the pin straightening the first time and the CPU wasn't correctly inserted and therefore the MB didn't start.

Realigned the pins added some new thermal paste and it works like a charm again. (I also took the opportunity to straighten up the cabling, which is a net plus i guess)

Thanks a lot!