CPU working after I broke 3 pins.

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BigBoss_403

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So yesterday, I thought of changing my thermal paste of my 2 year old PC. The temps was good tho, just thought that it needed change cause it had been two years. So when I took off the heat sink, It didn't come off that easily, so i kinda pulled it harder and when i pulled it off, I saw that the cpu was sticking with it, i also saw that i had bent a lot of my cpu pins (FM2 Socket, AMD A10 6700). So i tried to fix it with my card and a sewing needle. While fixing I broke 3 pins. I thought i had damaged my cpu, but still gave it a try. It was working absolutely fine. My first question is that is the CPU good and healthy?

After I was browsing internet, I decided to check the temps after installing fresh new thermal paste and guess what? The temps were even higher than before, it used to be 35 degree on idle and now its 42 degree. I know that i didnt put the thermal paste too much, i did put the thermal paste on the heatsink and used a card to make a thin layer. Why did my temps rise?

Third question is that, I have 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Mhz RAM sticks, and 4.8 GB is system reserved, used to be 800MB before because my APU(A10 6700) gives 800 MB to dedicated graphics memory. . Is my CPU damaged? Why is the other 4 GB hardware reserved?
 
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No good.

A number of the pins on AMD CPUs are unused. Maybe you lucked out and only broken unused pins.

Depending on the style of cooler you have you might have not tightened it down all the way. Make sure it is tightened all the way down and does not feel loose when you try to gentle wiggle it.

Put thermal paste onto the CPU. Do not put it on the heatsink. I wouldn't spread it either. Watch a few Youtube videos on the subject. You probably would have saved yourself from pulling your CPU out on accident to begin with. I think you put your paste on incorrectly.

I can't say for sure that the temps aren't related to the pins that were broken.

Memory is reserved for many reasons. If you are using a discrete GPU you can disable the...
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No good.

A number of the pins on AMD CPUs are unused. Maybe you lucked out and only broken unused pins.

Depending on the style of cooler you have you might have not tightened it down all the way. Make sure it is tightened all the way down and does not feel loose when you try to gentle wiggle it.

Put thermal paste onto the CPU. Do not put it on the heatsink. I wouldn't spread it either. Watch a few Youtube videos on the subject. You probably would have saved yourself from pulling your CPU out on accident to begin with. I think you put your paste on incorrectly.

I can't say for sure that the temps aren't related to the pins that were broken.

Memory is reserved for many reasons. If you are using a discrete GPU you can disable the integrated GPU completely and that should free up 4gb of RAM that it seems your integrated is earmarking for itself.
 
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BigBoss_403

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Yes I think the CPU is fine. Used the pc for like 3 hours. Worked fine as before. My cpu cooler doesn't use screws. It has a base that it screwed into the motherboard but the heatsink doesn't use screws. It uses a clip instead. The one you rotate to loose and rotate to tighten. I made sure it was all tight and was not loose. Still the Temps were like 4-7 degree more.

I managed to fix the ram issue. I have 4 DIMM slots. The ram was first installed in DIMM 1 and 2. So I just took the DIMM 2 slot stick and inserted in the DIMM 3 and it worked. My ram was 7.2 GB again. 800 MB is for my dedicated graphics that are with my APU.

Anyways thanks for the help! I will put the thermal paste on the cpu and see what happens.

EDIT: I put the thermal paste on the CPU this time (Grain Method). and the Temps were low as 37 degree Celsius on light usage (i.e Google Chrome, iTunes, stuff like that).
 
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BigBoss_403

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I just have a quick question, when I put the RAM stick in DIMM2, it hardware reserved the whole ram stick, when I put the RAM stick in DIMM3, I can use it. Is there a problem with my CPU or the DIMM slot? Because the only thing changed was that I broke 3 pins off the CPU! Most likely that there is a problem with the CPU.
 
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