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Sorry for so many questions in one day but I've just noticed my USB 3.0 socket on the motherboard has a bent pin and I have absolutely no idea what that means. Does it mean I can't have USB 3.0?

ps: I fixed the SSD.
 
How bent is it?

I have heard of people using a pen (retractable ball point) and getting the end of the pin into the hole and straightening.

Or needle nose pliers?

Or a small technicians screwdriver?
 
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looking at the first pic if its the top left hand side pin it looks well out of shape, you could try easing it back into position with the needle nose pliers as suggested, just be careful with it.
 
Manged to fix the bent pin but now I have another problem (-_-). Nothing is showing up on my monitor when I'm turning it on. No splash/BIOs screen at all.
 
stulid said:
Do you have both power cables in the GFX card?

Have you connected the monitor to the card?
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Yeah I have both power cables connected to the card and I have tried to connect the HDMI to the video card but it ended up with the same results.

I've reinstalled the HSF and double checked the CPU. Tried it with 1 RAM stick, it all ends with the same results :(

The lights on the motherboard are on, fans etc yet I can't for the life of me figure out why it won't POST.
 
stulid said:
Have you got the 8pin ATX plugged in near the CPU socket?

Try a clearcMOS
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Yeah I have the 8pin connected to the pins/socket near the CPU.

edit: Okay, I've moved it to the 2nd and 3rd pin - now it won't even turn on :s
 
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To clearCMOS you need to power off, move the jumper/short the jumper or remove the battery, replace, power ON.
 
stulid said:
To clearCMOS you need to power off, move the jumper/short the jumper or remove the battery, replace, power ON.
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Did it. Still not working, going to try breadboard it but if that doesn't work then I guess I'm going to have to RMA the mobo/cpu.
 
Ok, just finished breadboarding and I've just noticed the DRAM light is solid red - does this mean the RAM is faulty? I've tried both sticks, even just 1 of them each time.
 
You should still get a display without RAM installed (i think). Have you tried booting without RAM installed? Sounds like an iffy Mobo, time to RMA it
 
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