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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! :)

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

Reply to AdamDBurns

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

Reply to HundredIslandsBoy

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.

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