Socket 1150 pins bent?

[bigdogmat]

So over Christmas I got a new cooler for my computer, and so I installed it as it was pretty much the same as my old one. Once it was in installed computer I tried to turn on my computer and I got no video output, though all of the fans, harddrives, etc turned on. I took out all of my pci-e cards and just tried to boost it as default, same thing happened as before.

In the end I took out my cpu only to find what looked like all of the pins in the socket were bent to the side, though there're notches in the socket and they sorta look like the pins are meant to be that way. You can see it here

I can't remember if they were like this when I installed the cpu as that was over 2 years ago. Also not sure how I bent them as I didn't over tighten the cooler, nor have I taken the cpu out the socket in the 2 years it was in there.

So my question is if they're bent could they have damaged the cpu? And if it there's a possibility it could've been damaged would testing it in a new board be bad to do?

 

[Samuel_1]

they look fine to me. pretty much no chance of shorting out a CPU unless your socket pins have seen hell. reseat your graphics card, or use onboard graphics to test. 1 stick of ram, if you have a buzzer speaker, plug it in so you know if it gives you x amount of beeps. Video cards are known to die randomly sometimes, so it's hard to say unless you have an extra/old gpu at hand.

PS>> I've heard about too much pressure from the cooler causing the CPU to not boot. Make sure your cooler isn't too tight, as Linus said in his video, you can look at the motherboard from the side, and if you see an obvious arc ( shape distortion, then it's too tight. Another way to see if it is too tight would be just not screwing/clipping the cooler on, and just lightly pushing it on with your palm.

Goodluck

 

[bigdogmat]

they look fine to me. pretty much no chance of shorting out a CPU unless your socket pins have seen hell. reseat your graphics card, or use onboard graphics to test. 1 stick of ram, if you have a buzzer speaker, plug it in so you know if it gives you x amount of beeps. Video cards are known to die randomly sometimes, so it's hard to say unless you have an extra/old gpu at hand.

PS>> I've heard about too much pressure from the cooler causing the CPU to not boot. Make sure your cooler isn't too tight, as Linus said in his video, you can look at the motherboard from the side, and if you see an obvious arc ( shape distortion, then it's too tight. Another way to see if it is too tight would be just not screwing/clipping the cooler on, and just lightly pushing it on with your palm.

Goodluck

I've already taken out the graphics card and just about everything that isn't default, tested using a new SSD and took off CPU cooler so I know the only pressure that is on it is from the clamp itself. I'll try it with one ram stick next.

Also don't worry about me taking off the cooler as I'm only running it for a few seconds to see if I can get it to give a video out.


EDIT: Just tested it and still no luck, though I did notice some bare copper on the CPU where the socket clamp comes down on it

Don't know if that would matter.

I'm not entirely sure what's the issue if the socket looks fine :c, wish I had another board/CPU to test these with.

 

[Samuel_1]

they look fine to me. pretty much no chance of shorting out a CPU unless your socket pins have seen hell. reseat your graphics card, or use onboard graphics to test. 1 stick of ram, if you have a buzzer speaker, plug it in so you know if it gives you x amount of beeps. Video cards are known to die randomly sometimes, so it's hard to say unless you have an extra/old gpu at hand.

PS>> I've heard about too much pressure from the cooler causing the CPU to not boot. Make sure your cooler isn't too tight, as Linus said in his video, you can look at the motherboard from the side, and if you see an obvious arc ( shape distortion, then it's too tight. Another way to see if it is too tight would be just not screwing/clipping the cooler on, and just lightly pushing it on with your palm.

Goodluck

I've already taken out the graphics card and just about everything that isn't default, tested using a new SSD and took off CPU cooler so I know the only pressure that is on it is from the clamp itself. I'll try it with one ram stick next.

Also don't worry about me taking off the cooler as I'm only running it for a few seconds to see if I can get it to give a video out.


EDIT: Just tested it and still no luck, though I did notice some bare copper on the CPU where the socket clamp comes down on it

Don't know if that would matter.

I'm not entirely sure what's the issue if the socket looks fine :c, wish I had another board/CPU to test these with.

Picture:
First: Too much thermal paste, thermal paste is not a conductivity insulant, it's only there to make sure there are no air gaps between the CPU and heat sink, an absolute minimum thickness should be used for optimal cooling.

Second: That bare copper on the CPU heat spreader looks bad... check your socket brackets and see if there is any thing in the way. It's not supposed to scratch it to the bare copper (obviously).

IF There Is Still Nothing: Then follow the image below:

If you can't see the image: On the bracket structure on the motherboard, you will find 3 Hex screws, two screws will be fixing the whole bracket base onto the motherboard, and one will be on the opposite side of the socket to the other two just mentioned where the bracket securing mechanism locks down when secured. Loosen that single screw in using turns of 90°, one 90° turn at a time until you feel it is not too tight on the CPU. Keep your CPU in the socket while you do this and be VERY careful, because repeating this process is probably a lot safer than putting the CPU in, taking it out, and putting it back in again. Still, this is a ghetto-ish thing that you wouldn't usually do, and whether you do it is up to you.