Bent CPU pins - fatal mistake???

[ervler]

Bent CPU pins - fatal mistake???

So I thought I would be pro-active and remove my CPU to clean off the several years worth of dust caked on it.

After cleaning, I reinserted it but my PC failed to boot up. I pulled the CPU out again and saw that about 3 pins had been bent. I meticulously re-straightened the pins with a wooden toothpick, and, even though the pins seem to be inserting correctly, it still won't boot.

Have a just bricked my CPU?

What I am experiencing:
- Blank screen
- No beeps whatsoever
- HDDs and DVD drives spin up like normal

My setup:
- CPU: AMD Athlon 3800
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI (AMD Athlon™64 X2/ 64 FX/ 64 socket 939 platform)
- Memory: 2GB DDR400
- GFX: NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT

Thanks!

 

[AdamDBurns]

Maby, same thing happend to me i restratend the pins and it worked fine.
is it socket 754/940/939/f/am2/am2+/am3?

 

[hundredislandsboy]

Is there a spare motherboard to test the CPU? Could always ask a friend or the local shop to test it...

 

[ervler]

Thanks for the suggestions. It's socket 939.

The biggest problem is finding an AMD board these days, but I'll definitely see if I can test if somewhere else.