Hello everyone,
I recently built a PC, and after it not posting I noticed very quickly that there were some bent pins in the CPU socket of the motherboard. I'm 50/50 on whether it was something I did or if it slipped through quality control at ASUS. Either way, it was voided warranty and of course, it's always the users fault.
So I either had the option of paying £40 to send it to ASUS and have it looked at with no guarantee of a fix or attempt to repair the pins myself. I thought well if my repair doesn't go well, I can always still send it back anyway.
I went ahead with the repair, and voilá we had a post. The concern I have is will this affect my CPU potentially in the long term as I will be pushing my rig to the limit? I've seen a few stress tests and things like that which I will perform when I'm home from work. I really just want some reassurance that if it does pass these tests my CPU won't just die on me somewhere down the line?
Thanks for your help in advance.
I recently built a PC, and after it not posting I noticed very quickly that there were some bent pins in the CPU socket of the motherboard. I'm 50/50 on whether it was something I did or if it slipped through quality control at ASUS. Either way, it was voided warranty and of course, it's always the users fault.
So I either had the option of paying £40 to send it to ASUS and have it looked at with no guarantee of a fix or attempt to repair the pins myself. I thought well if my repair doesn't go well, I can always still send it back anyway.
I went ahead with the repair, and voilá we had a post. The concern I have is will this affect my CPU potentially in the long term as I will be pushing my rig to the limit? I've seen a few stress tests and things like that which I will perform when I'm home from work. I really just want some reassurance that if it does pass these tests my CPU won't just die on me somewhere down the line?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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