Z68 motherboard question

[Johnny505]

This is my first build, and I heard a lot about the 2500k, so I bought it. And when I was at Frys, the P67's were kind of expensive so I got an Asus Z68. My dad was going to help me put everything together, but I just went ahead an tried to put in the CPU. I don't know how but, it seems like my finger rubbed on a couple of the really small pins on the motherboard, and it looks like I messed up my first PC. The CPU still went into the square or whatever and it seems fine. Don't tell me I just ruined my PC?

 

[locomoco321]

Unfortunately, the pins are quite sensitive, so touching them with even a small amount of force could've bent them. The circuits that pass through the pins cannot be be completed, so yes you may have ruined you pc.

 

[amuffin]

It isn't ruined if it is working right now. Does the system even boot?

 

[locomoco321]

It isn't ruined if it is working right now. Does the system even boot?

Hmmm, I overlooked that

 

[Johnny505]

It isn't ruined if it is working right now. Does the system even boot?

Well, I'm using my laptop right now to do this, and I haven't even finished the PC. I just wanted to know if I screwed up the motherboard.

 

[amuffin]

Finish it and see if it will boot.

 

[Chaz21]

FIRST make sure your pins are not bent! Get a magnifying glass (buy one if you have to) and check those pins. Look over these guides:
http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-Bent-Pins-on-a-CPU
http://www.technogumbo.com/tutorials/fix-bent-cpu/
and even this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdDccsbv5hA
with over 104,000 hits don't think that you're the only one who has ever bent some pins. Good luck to you.

 

[Johnny505]

FIRST make sure your pins are not bent! Get a magnifying glass (buy one if you have to) and check those pins. Look over these guides:
http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-Bent-Pins-on-a-CPU
http://www.technogumbo.com/tutorials/fix-bent-cpu/
and even this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdDccsbv5hA
with over 104,000 hits don't think that you're the only one who has ever bent some pins. Good luck to you.

Uh, they're not pins. It's a 2500k and a Z68

 

[amuffin]

Pins on the motherboard cpu socket.

 

[Chaz21]

Uh, they're not pins. It's a 2500k and a Z68

Okay. Then the OP needs to make sure that none of the 1155 "shiny" things as seen in the image linked below are bent or touching:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Intel_Socket_1155.jpeg

 

[Johnny505]

Okay. Then the OP needs to make sure that none of the 1155 "shiny" things as seen in the image linked below are bent or touching:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Intel_Socket_1155.jpeg

Those are what I'm talking about, and some are pulled back.

 

[Chaz21]

Those are what I'm talking about, and some are pulled back.

Are any touching each other or bent at an angle? If so they need to be straightened before you put the CPU in. Use the guides I already linked for you.