Damaged CPU slot?

[Toney90]

Hi,

I was cleaning thermal paste off my CPU slot 'frame' (LGA2011 slot) on my Asus Rampage IV Gene (There was no CPU in the CPU slot at the time) with a microfibre cloth and it snagged on to the mini 'prongs' which make up the surface where you mount the CPU itself.

I stupidly yanked the cloth off and doing so pulled out one of the 'prongs' so it's now raised out a bit and slightly bent. I was a bit worried that I had damaged the slot so I put everything back in (CPU and fan).

The computer appears to be running fine but I wondering if I have done serious damage to the slot or will encounter any problems down the line?
The problem is I don't know what I damaged and if it's important?

Sorry if that was confusing to read, I will retype/reword anything if you need clarificiation.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

 

[Toney90]

Sorry about making 2 threads... the first time it said I was 'flooding' as I thought bit didn't go through.

 

[Guest]

if anything bad was going to happen, it would have happened when you pressed the power button.

 

[Toney90]

Seems I can't delete one of the threads :/

@loonian

Well that is reassuring I guess so it's not a big deal then?

 

[Guest]

PM area 51 the moderator that replied on the other thread.

it is a big deal but you got lucky. be careful next time, actually don't remove the cpu unless you have to because the bent prong may weaken and break.

 

[Toney90]

Just to clarify it's not the the central bit of the slot where the chip(?) on the CPU goes in , it's one of the surounding prongs.

Is it possible to just push it back in or is that too risky?

 

[Guest]

i would leave it alone. if it really has you obsessing to fix it get some jewelers tools before attempting anything.

 

[Toney90]

I'm pretty clumsy so any job requiring *that* kind of precision would be a bit of a no go for me.

As much as I want to fix it, if leaving it alone meant it will carrying on working for a reasonable time frame then I will go for that option.

Thanks looniam

 

[Guest]

your welcome.