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Helo said:
pins looked fine on install when retention clip was locked thats when damage was done m8.
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Looking at the picures though, it would be impossible for that to happen, they are bent in different directions? The latch, even if it were too tight on the socket when closed, would only push the CPU down to the plastic on the socket. As said before, two flat surfaces meeting, wouldn't cause that damage.
 
Maybe the pins which were damaged were ever so Slightly bent so that the pressure of him pushing the arm down bent this pins in the direction at which they was bent. This would result in the picture he linked.
 
Look at the photo, what as happened there is thermal paste went into the socket when he's tried to clean in with a cloth of some type the pins have snagged.
EPIC FAIL
the only way to fix that is
1, bin it
2, buy a new board
3, learn from your error and put nothing other than a CPU in the CPU socket ever
 
i have done it my self with a socked 478 the first socket of this type i have used (amd before) and i scraped my first board. when the cloth go's in it's like velcro.
 
I didn't even notice the grey patches down the right side, I was too in shock from seeing the mess at the top

MW
 
A friend of mine was here as well at the time all i know is retention clip was the tightist i have come across OCUK can see that for themselves if they so wish.
 
there is no paste on cpu heatsink went on last when retention clip was on i will even take more pics with a macro now to prove u wrong dude.
 
Helo said:
A friend of mine was here as well at the time all i know is retention clip was the tightist i have come across OCUK can see that for themselves if they so wish.
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Dont take this the wrong way but if you manage to RMA that board, I WILL REOPEN WOOLWORTHS TO SHOW MY ASS IN THE WINDOW.

Look at the socket no matter how how much force you have to use the plastic sides stop the CPU going down too much and doing damage that's the design.
 
Just took more pics will upload soon but looking at the socket frame i can see why board was damaged because when socket is locked there is only a quarter inch of space no where near enough room for a cpu to fit. I will be vindicated on this because OCUK will see the socket space between cpu and pins for themselves.
 
the only thing is why is the only pin damage in 1 sector if the socket frame with at fault it would not just pick on one bit.
 
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