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Lynx Warstrike

Lynx Warstrike

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Hello there Tom's community. :) I am signed up in the italian community of Tom's and just to have an idea about my problem I decided to write a post in here. :)

I have a brand new Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H, bought at the end of May. I was preparing it for a RMA (because of a ram issue) but when I'm putting the socket cap, this one accidentaly hit the socket pins. Alot of them are strangly bented and one of them are definitely broken. :( You don't know how much guilty I am because this is my first time in a whole life that I definitely destroyed (unintentionally) a CPU socket. I tried to fix them as much as I can but it's quiet useless until a socket replacement. Is anyone here skilled enough with reballing of BGA-based components? How much should I pay for a reworks for a fair price (even in UK)?

I'd be glad to know everything is necessary about this.
 
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Like Ur6beersaway said, it doesn't hurt to continue with the RMA process. The worst they can do is return it as is. Best case you get a new board or they fix and return your old one.
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Lynx Warstrike

Lynx Warstrike

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Shouldn't I risk to get it back as is and then see Gigabyte Technician laughing at me for that? I mean, I heard that they could replace it and I don't know any rates about it...

Thanks alot! I am waiting replies from everybody :)
 
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Like Ur6beersaway said, it doesn't hurt to continue with the RMA process. The worst they can do is return it as is. Best case you get a new board or they fix and return your old one.
 
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Lynx Warstrike

Lynx Warstrike

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Thanks for the advice :) I will try to RMA it directly to Gigabyte for this but here in Italy there's not any support so I probably send it to UK if they will grant to me a RMA. It's so pity to see there's not any customer centre located in my country...

Anyway I will contact the shop dealer and then find a solution at least for a partial refund of the board proceeding to buy a new one... Or try with Gigabyte Support.

In any case you tried to say that a soldering process to replace socket package would be more expensive than the board itself? I paid it 150£... :(
 
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Lynx Warstrike

Lynx Warstrike

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Thanks alot guys for the advice! :) Just another request if you don't bother: do you know the email of Gigabyte UK or some phone number about it to contact them directly? At least to attempt a refurbishment of the board... Yeah, the board is still in Warranty :)
 
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Lynx Warstrike

Lynx Warstrike

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Thanks Squeal :) I wrote an E-mail for them and we will see what will be their response the next monday... Plus I already sent an email to the shop as well... Probably I should beg for a partial refund of the board...

Sorry for the bothering guys, but i'm just already upset for the damage I did unintentionally, can't figure out how much I would be right now...
 
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