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Dazboots

Dazboots

Dazboots

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Well where do i start.
was taking my pc apart and decided to clean inside my case.
when i taken the cpu out managed to drop some tissue
inside the mothrboard socket.
when i pulled the tissue out managed to bend 5 pins in the socket
FFs couldnt belive what i have dont had the board 5 days.
cant Rma because i have dont this myself.
not going to try bend pins back, looks like im going to have to buy another1.
1 thing for sure when this system is built im just going to leave it .
only reason for me to take it appart was to put on the ek back plate on my 5870 that i forgot. :( suppose i could sell the baord as faulty on a auction site when i can be arsed. Not a happy chappy.
 
Dazboots said:
Well where do i start.
was taking my pc apart and decided to clean inside my case.
when i taken the cpu out managed to drop some tissue
inside the mothrboard socket.
when i pulled the tissue out managed to bend 5 pins in the socket
FFs couldnt belive what i have dont had the board 5 days.
cant Rma because i have dont this myself.
not going to try bend pins back, looks like im going to have to buy another1.
1 thing for sure when this system is built im just going to leave it .
only reason for me to take it appart was to put on the ek back plate on my 5870 that i forgot. :( suppose i could sell the baord as faulty on a auction site when i can be arsed. Not a happy chappy.
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V sorry to hear the bad news. A very unusual occurence I must say, but I imagine you will be very careful not to get tissue anywhere near the replacement. Hope you get a replacement and put this little incident well and truly behind you.

Ps I think you should at least try to straighten the pins out and see if you can save it - afterall what have you got to lose at this point. Or ask somebody else you trust to do it for you if you can't face it.
 
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What bad luck, I know you must be gutted but......

tipes said:
Ps I think you should at least try to straighten the pins out and see if you can save it - afterall what have you got to lose at this point. Or ask somebody else you trust to do it for you if you can't face it.
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People have managed to do this.
 
They really should think of something with all these pins... make them replaceable, make the entire socket replaceable or something. It's really frustrating how one tiny pin renders the whole board useless.

You can try RMA board with ASUS, see how that works out. I know it's your fault, but they might be kind enough to replace/repair the board.
 
Asus rma wont take it, but I believe they offer a paid repair service through a 3rd party. Creative computing or something like that.
 
Dazboots :( crap man I really feel for you here, that really does suck. I think you should at least try and bend the pins back, very slowly and carefully, hell maybe you could even stick it back together somehow? If a pin snaps, hold it with a pair of tweezers, put a blow torch to the very end of the pin, when it gets very hot try and connect it back? I have no idea if that would work but hey, you have nothing to lose. Maybe even use a tiny tab of solder to hold it...

Look on the bright side, judging by your title, at least it went to heaven and not hell :p - I am trying poorly to be positive, you can hit me after :p.
 
Dazboots said:
OH thank u sir ur a star ;)
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Just a update on my motherboard. my home insurance covers me for accidental damage,
just got of the phone there going to pick it up and if they can repair it i wont have anything to pay. that was very nice of them. so looks good so far all is not lost. ;)
 
gigabyte changed my mobo when i did a similar thing and bent a few pins in the socket, and i owned up to it being my fault, cost me £10 plus postage one way which i thought was excellent service, i think all manufactures should realise these sockets are too fragile and meet customers at least half way
 
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andyr said:
gigabyte changed my mobo when i did a similar thing and bent a few pins in the socket and i owned up to it being my fault, cost me £10 plus postageone way which i thought was excellent service, i think all manufactures should realise these sockets are too fragile and meet customers at least half way
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I agree - at least they would keep their customers happy that way, and a happy customer has every chance of being a returning customer for future purchases.
 
dmxdex2020 said:
Problem with creative computers is that the process takes about 1 to 2 months.
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I think gigabyte took a couple of weeks in total, i must admit the rma service with asus puts me off, i have had loads of asus boards in the past and the only one that faulted was a striker extreme and that took a Month to turn around, its a case of you have to buy a new one to get you going again then sell the rma when it arrives
 
thats handy

I have a nice asus P45 ROG which was killed in pretty much the same way, I still got it as I don't know what to do with it :mad: I should have left the CPU in -.- or something to protect the socket :mad: lovely mobo as well
 
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