Possible to damage CPU socket on motherboard?

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When I upgraded to my new CPU, in pulling the former one out, I forgot that the heat sink and CPU locks were two different entities and I pulled them out as one. Could this damage the CPU socket?

Or, I also (not realizing what I had done) put the CPU in the socket without opening it with the lever, and put the heatsink on and locked it in that way. This is what I think really damaged the socket and now they won't work when I do it the correct way. Need a new motherboard, correct?
 
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This is exactly right because it's nearly impossible to damage the socket by yanking the CPU out, unless the top of the socket comes off.

Putting the CPU in is another matter: you'll notice that working the lever actually moves the holes past the springy leaf contacts inside, so just mashing it in with the lever closed would've crushed all of them.

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From yoru description it sounds like this is an AMD system as intel's cover door over the CPU would make it almost impossible to remoe teh CPU accidently.

So you for sure bent some pins pulling the CPU out that way then.
If you are missing pins then you likely lost some in the board but if they are just bent then you likely just need a new CPU.
 
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No there are no bent or broken pins, the original CPU that I pulled out does have bent and broken pins but not the new one.
 
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maybe part of pins from the old CPU are still in the motherboard socket. does the new CPU go into the socket all the way?

 
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No none of the pins are in the socket, the new CPU goes in fine, but makes a crackling sound when I push the lever down to lock it in. The pin i broke off the old CPU was me trying to bend back a bent pin.
 
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then either the socket was damaged or there is something else causing you PC to not boot

 
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I had it booting before perfectly fine right before I did this so I'm thinking the socket was damaged, just wanted to check with you guys to see if that was a thing because I couldn't find it on google. I appreciate the help. I'm going to wait til I get my new motherboard in to pick this solution just in case it isn't that.
 
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This is exactly right because it's nearly impossible to damage the socket by yanking the CPU out, unless the top of the socket comes off.

Putting the CPU in is another matter: you'll notice that working the lever actually moves the holes past the springy leaf contacts inside, so just mashing it in with the lever closed would've crushed all of them.

 
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tbtitans21

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Yea, well I will never do that again, $50 lesson learned.
 
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