It probably wouldn’t have helped, Dave, you made the right decision – it was time to take a step back and let someone else take the strain. It’s just a computer – **** it! – it’s not worth the stress it’s clearly put you under.
The way these new chips are designed to fit into the mobo I can imagine your paranoia as they are not as satisfying to fit as the old multi long pinned efforts.
I’m afraid I can’t answer that - other than I would have thought it would either: not post, or the cpu would be able to identify that it had a connection problem if it got into a bootable environment - beeps or BIOS message etc...
But it is plausible that it may not have been connecting properly – as to what effects that would cause I couldn’t answer definitively.
You could try a post on the CPU forum – but you may just add to your stress levels if you get a reply that contradicts your decision to rma the cpu. Perhaps it’s a question best saved if your cpu gets returned?
I would rely on the premises that: 'ignorance is bliss’ and ‘see no evil - hear no evil’ :- until you get a response form OC’s. That way you won’t run the risk of being tormented by conjecture while your chip is away being tested.
If the CPU does get returned – it would be worth refitting/posting a thread and testing the theory out – but for now I would give yourself a complete break for a few days.
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