6970 Crossfire Issues

[Matt34533]

Hi, I just setup my new PC and am haveing issues with crossfire and overheating. Here's what I did:
1. I installed all my components in my PC including the cards with a crossfire bridge.
2. Installed Windows Vista and then Windows 7(not upgrade, fresh install).
3. Installed the Latest AMD Catalyst Drivers.
And here's what's happening:
1. There is no option to enable crossfire in CCC.
2. When I play a game(Ex. BF:BC2) I set the fan at 100% and the first card reaches 100C in ~30 sec.(mind you this is a board with triple slot spacing and it is the gigabyte windforce version of the card). The second card is idling with only a tiny bit of air exhausting from its sides.
3. If I try to only boot up with one card I don't get any video output, I've tried with both cards.

What's going on here?

Thanks,
Matt

Edit:
Sorry here's the list-
Case: NZXT Phantom Full Tower
Powersupply: Cougar 1000w
Board: ASRock Z68 Professional Gen3 Fatality
Cards: 2x Gigabyte 6790 2GB
Processor: i7 2600k

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Component list would be helpful, especially case and PSU

 

[Matt34533]

Oh and 5 of the Pins in the CPU Socket were very slightly bent out of the box. Would the system even work if this was the issue?

 

[Mousemonkey]

LGA? Bent pins? How is that possible when there are no pins? Or is this just another attempt to bump your thread?

 

[Matt34533]

LGA? Bent pins? How is that possible when there are no pins? Or is this just another attempt to bump your thread?

Glad to chastise but not to help. 5 Bent pins/prongs/whatever you call them in the socket.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Having put together several rigs with LGA sockets I fail to see how any any of the contacts could be bent but having deleted two of your attempts to bump your thread I am sceptical.

 

[Matt34533]

Having put together several rigs with LGA sockets I fail to see how any any of the contacts could be bent but having deleted two of your attempts to bump your thread I am sceptical.

I used a loop and can see then they are slightly out of line compared to the rest. If there are "pins" bent in the socket that aren't making contact could it cause the issue I'm experiencing with out causing any other stability issues or otherwise? Or are you still too busy making fun of me to answer my question?

 

[Matt34533]

Thank you, I'm not alone here. Just trying to get a little assistance and save some $$ before I just take this damn computer to a local repair shop. Spent 24 hours on it as it stands now.

 

[Matt34533]

Just an update, it was the CPU contacts, and I was able to bend them back. All is working now except one card is having thermal issues, here we go again.