Motherboard bent pins

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

My friend and I recently installed a new i7 3770k, during the installation we noticed that the mobo had a bent pin. When we try to turn the pc on it turns on and then about 15 seconds later the big side fan light turns off and the computer shutsdown for about 5 seconds. After that the lights on the big side fan turns back on. The cycle continues with it powering off 15 seconds after boot. Could this be happening because of the bent pins? Also nothing comes up on the screen during this time of it turning off and on (not even the bios of the mobo).

ThatVietGuy · Mar 31, 2014

Very likely the bent pins are causing your problems.

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

Even if there is only one bent pin?

Baralis · Mar 31, 2014

A single bent pin can cause total failure depending on which pin. I would advise against powering on the system or even having power supplied to the system until the motherboard is replaced. If the bent pin was forced into contact with other pins when you installed the CPU it has the potential to damage your CPU.

Return the motherboard and get a replacement.

jarotech · Mar 31, 2014

Hi, it depends on which pin is bent.

PsyKhiqZero · Mar 31, 2014

Yes, Intel wouldn't have put in extra pins for the sake of having them. You can try to rebend the pin yourself, but I would just RMA the motherboard.

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

The Mobo was bought from Micro Center. How could we tell if the CPU is damaged?

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

Also could you give a rounded number on how many tries it would take for me to boot the pc and for the CPU for to be damaged?

ThatVietGuy · Mar 31, 2014

There's no such thing. It can be damaged in one try or 100 tries - there's no absolute number.

And the only way to tell if the chip is damaged is to try it in another, known-working motherboard.

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

Would there be any sign on the CPU like visible marks?

ThatVietGuy · Mar 31, 2014

Again, it's possible, but not guaranteed.

Just go return the motherboard.

Baralis · Mar 31, 2014

The only way to tell if the CPU was damaged, aside from any noticeable burn marks, is to test it in a new or working motherboard.

Worst case scenario would be that it fried the CPU as soon as power was connected or turned on. Best case would be no damage at all. Its hard to guess beyond that since we do not know which pin it was that was damaged or if the pin ended up touching other pins.

SlimmerthanShady · Mar 31, 2014

The pin that is bent is touching other pins, what damage does that inflict? We don't have another working motherboard so we aren't able to test if the CPU is still working.

awesome10000 · Mar 31, 2014

If the computer still turned on but did not boot would that rule out the possibility of the cpu being fried as soon as the power was turned on?

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