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Long story short, in a rush I ordered an lga 1151 cpu by mistake, and didn't notice it until too late. After being installed in an 1150 slot, it's corners are bent.

http://m.imgur.com/66aesnZ

Is there any way that this will still work? If not, will it be covered by the Intel 3-year warranty?
 
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I don't know if you'll be able to bend it back straight again or not, or what damage may have already been done to traces (connections) embedded in the pcb substrate itself. Not covered by warranty, bending a cpu from being clamped into the wrong socket isn't the cpu's fault. Warranty coverage is for internal operations of the cpu failing under proper and normal installation and use with the proper socket.
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oops.
Well there is a little problem of 1151 CPU's bending in their sockets when moved with a heavy heatsink, but in this case I don't think it applies.
So sorry I don't think Intel will cover that under their warranty, due to it's damage being user inflicted.

The CPU could possibly still work if you are somehow able to bend the corners back, so the CPU pins on a 1151 motherboard can touch the small contacts on the corners. If you do not snap the PCB.
you were quite unlucky with this CPU D:

-good luck
 
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There's also an option of getting a new 1151 motherboard to fit the processor. Assuming it's the bracket that bent it in the first place, would the correct socket possibly bend it back?
 
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I don't know if you'll be able to bend it back straight again or not, or what damage may have already been done to traces (connections) embedded in the pcb substrate itself. Not covered by warranty, bending a cpu from being clamped into the wrong socket isn't the cpu's fault. Warranty coverage is for internal operations of the cpu failing under proper and normal installation and use with the proper socket.
 
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I'm curious to know the outcome of your predicament. Were you able to get it running on the right motherboard?
 
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We took it out and tried it on another motherboard to see if it was fried, and it was. So we ended up getting a new one.

 
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That's unfortunate. If it makes you feel any better, many years ago my hand slipped installing a Thermaltake Volcano 7 heatsink and the screwdriver slipped off and put a big gash in the motherboard, killed it. No one is immune to mistakes.
 
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Booboo's definitely happen. Sorry to hear it had to be replaced. The sockets do look similar at a glance but they're keyed differently. There are notches in the cpu pcb that line up with guides in the socket to help prevent putting the wrong cpu in the wrong socket but it can still be missed. Similar to ram, ddr ram is similar in size but with different contact spacing and a positioning notch in different places to prevent ddr3 from fitting in ddr2 or ddr4 slots etc.
 
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