OK folks - odd question. I have a new, in-box mobo that I purchased from Newegg about 10 months ago. I got sick and am now just getting around to building up a system. My plan was to set up a benchtest of the mobo, psu, CPU, and ram before putting it in a case.
When I opened the mobo box I noticed that the protective plastic cover over the CPU socket was loose and floating around in the box. I carefully examined the pins on the CPU socket and it looks like a couple of them might be bent or misaligned in the corners of the socket. The mobo was a new, sealed unit.
If that cover floating around during shipping has damaged the socket pins, am I going to destroy my CPU (a new i7-4790K) when I try to test? How can I tell if they're OK?
I'm finally ready to build up my system for Win10 but now I'm worried. I can't return the mobo, at least to Newegg.
Advice please, to a relatively new system builder, but an "old timer" of 70+ yrs.
Ron
When I opened the mobo box I noticed that the protective plastic cover over the CPU socket was loose and floating around in the box. I carefully examined the pins on the CPU socket and it looks like a couple of them might be bent or misaligned in the corners of the socket. The mobo was a new, sealed unit.
If that cover floating around during shipping has damaged the socket pins, am I going to destroy my CPU (a new i7-4790K) when I try to test? How can I tell if they're OK?
I'm finally ready to build up my system for Win10 but now I'm worried. I can't return the mobo, at least to Newegg.
Advice please, to a relatively new system builder, but an "old timer" of 70+ yrs.
Ron
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