Crosshair V Formula Z. Did I ruin my motherboard?

geraltoftrivia

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Jun 19, 2014
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I just changed the stock fan on my AMD 8350 to a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

While installing the heatsink, I scratched my Asus Crosshair V Formula Z. When attempting to boot, I'm seeing an FF code, DRAM light, and no beeps. All the fans are running, and everything is powered, but there is no display.

Did I ruin my motherboard?

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geraltoftrivia

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Jun 19, 2014
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I checked all my connections and everything seems okay. I had everything up and running for a week before my heatsink came in. A couple of connections were loose, I kept my fingers crossed that was the problem but it wasn't :(