Skylake Delid Fail?

[Rysckz]

First off, specs:
6600k
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb @ 3000MHz
Corsair RM 850 Gold

So here's my problem, I delidded my CPU and I though everything was fine. No major incidents to speak of, I couldn't find any scratches on the die or the PCB. Put everything back together and when I try to start the PC, it turns on and off rapidly. Not even a second interval.

At first his would go on until I turned the computer off manually. I went back in, reseated the CPU and cooler, tried again, this time it turned itself off after a few seconds. I made sure that no thermal paste was touching the PCB. I'm at a loss here, I tried unplugging everything except the 24 pin and the 4 in from the motherboard and still the problem persists. The motherboard doesn't post an error code, so I'm thinking there's a short somewhere and it fried the motherboard.

Help? Thoughts?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Expensive lesson, dont delid. If there's a problem with the internal TIM and you have hot spots, RMA it back to Intel for replacement. If there's not a thermal issue, leave stuff alone. Just sayin'. This is why MOST experienced builders don't recommend doing this with critical hardware you depend on. Experimentation with secondary hardware or stuff you get for free is one thing. Messing with your primary CPU is another. I feel bad for you, but I REALLY doubt there is a problem with your motherboard. I'd bet the house on the CPU being damaged.

 

[Rysckz]

Expensive lesson, dont delid. If there's a problem with the internal TIM and you have hot spots, RMA it back to Intel for replacement. If there's not a thermal issue, leave stuff alone. Just sayin'. This is why MOST experienced builders don't recommend doing this with critical hardware you depend on. Experimentation with secondary hardware or stuff you get for free is one thing. Messing with your primary CPU is another. I feel bad for you, but I REALLY doubt there is a problem with your motherboard. I'd bet the house on the CPU being damaged.

Yeah, I ended up calling Amazon CS and explained everything. The replacement will be here tomorrow, free of charge. I guess I got lucky but you're definitely right, lesson learned.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Glad to hear it worked out. If it turns out to NOT be the CPU, I'll be surprised, but let us know and we'll see if we can help figure it out. I think it will be though.