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mothermachine · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:16

Or he installed the HSF directly onto the socket without the CPU in place and screwed it down, and down, and.... oh dear.

But unholy mother of silicon that's one seriously messed up socket, whatever happened to it! :O

Krellor · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:16

TBH I've only ever messed around in a pc and know very little. But the lack of compassion and general **** take of the OP here is somewhat unnerving. Now maybe he did do something wrong, but the whole " lol your a idiot with no common sense" isn't right. Offer advice or say bad luck, but dont laugh.
Just my 2 cents.

matthab · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:30

Krellor said:
TBH I've only ever messed around in a pc and know very little. But the lack of compassion and general **** take of the OP here is somewhat unnerving. Now maybe he did do something wrong, but the whole " lol your a idiot with no common sense" isn't right. Offer advice or say bad luck, but dont laugh.
Just my 2 cents.

If the OP admitted it and just said, "Im 13 I made a mistake with the cooler and its broken the socket". I think everyone would be more helpful and sympathetic to his issue.

Nelly · 27 Jan 2011 at 15:52

When I had Biostar Tpower P55, all I had was 2 or 3 bent pins which was easily sorted out, but because 1 pin was broken it was all it needed for a rejected RMA.

That socket on that Asus boared pictured has about 200 broken pins or something, I will be amazed if Asus will even repair it, they will charge you as well, probally £30-£40 I think, thats if they can fix it.

AMD sockets for the win!!

spleenharvester · 27 Jan 2011 at 16:00

That's actually a very good question, if he got compound in the socket then tried to wipe it off, why is it the compound was on the OK side and not on the butchered side?

DEVIL W0LF · 27 Jan 2011 at 16:13

Wow, i've not built my PC yet but these Intel sockets seem really delicate ?

I will have to be extra extra careful

Speed · 27 Jan 2011 at 16:13

Nelly said:
That socket on that Asus boared pictured has about 200 broken pins or something, I will be amazed if Asus will even repair it, they will charge you as well, probally £30-£40 I think, thats if they can fix it.

AMD sockets for the win!!

It doesn't make any difference how many pins are bent/broken. If you pay Asus they will remove the current socket and replace it with a new one.

23JMZ07 · 27 Jan 2011 at 16:24

matthab said:
If the OP admitted it and just said, "Im 13 I made a mistake with the cooler and its broken the socket". I think everyone would be more helpful and sympathetic to his issue.

Indeed, The fact that there was this whole "too much uneven pressure" bla bla lies just wrecked any compassion that he could have recieved. As soon as Dave0w posted his view of what happened it became more and more believable as to what actually happened.

DEVIL W0LF said:
Wow, i've not built my PC yet but these Intel sockets seem really delicate ?

I will have to be extra extra careful

They are not delicate at all if treated correctly. As long as no sideways or upward force is imparted on the pins then they dont move from their position. Getting a massive slab of kitchen roll and scrubbing the socket however is a recipe for disaster. Either use a chemical cleaner with compressed air to disolve and disperse the mess or use a lint free cloth going in the DIRECTION of the pin grain (last resort).

In short, as long as you dont man handle the pins they dont break

Speed said:
It doesn't make any difference how many pins are bent/broken. If you pay Asus they will remove the current socket and replace it with a new one.

+1 Flat rate fee for socket replacement. Definately cheaper than a new board. Hopefully the OP's CPU is ok however it is a valuable lesson in both correct installation practices and not lying.

Semple · 27 Jan 2011 at 16:33

Looks like OP's gonna be buying a new board.

ZXSpectrum · 27 Jan 2011 at 17:27

Looks to me like something, possibly the cpu, has been dropped into the socket whilst fitting. Sorry to say Bend Over Boy!!!! In the 16+ years i have been building systems and workstations i have not seen anything as bad...

Nelly · 27 Jan 2011 at 17:39

Speed said:
It doesn't make any difference how many pins are bent/broken. If you pay Asus they will remove the current socket and replace it with a new one.

Thats quite good then, do you know someone who had this done then. ?

Nelly · 27 Jan 2011 at 17:48

Anyway, Gigabyte for the win . . . . .

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,917.0.html

Gigabyte said:
We can accept such product under warranty, shouldn't be any problem.

23JMZ07 · 27 Jan 2011 at 18:17

1) Thats Gigabyte
2) His socket is OBVIOUSLY user damaged which no warranty on earth will cover unless the engineer is gullible.

Curio · 27 Jan 2011 at 18:29

KillBoY_UK said:
There was a thread a while ago were one of the OCUK staff posted pic's of RMA'ed boards and the "story's" behind them, think there might be a new addition

I missed that one - can you remember what it was called so I can search?

Anyway, sorry for the OP's misfortune....maybe he is blameless, you never know. On the other hand, OCUK is not the place to try and pull a cover-up

QlimaxUK · 27 Jan 2011 at 18:43

thats worse than sundance's work pc

Dave0w · 27 Jan 2011 at 21:08

The OP just needs to get the board fixed and next time, he should not be doing vodka eye shot cleaning the socket with a wire brush.

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 21:09

Proof that 99.9% of pc errors are between the computer chair and the pc.

Buchanan0204 · 27 Jan 2011 at 21:47

stulid said:
Proof that 99.9% of pc errors are between the computer chair and the pc.

To top it off they either never admit it, like our friend the OP here... or are too stupid to realise what they done, accusing the PC of doing it. They only do what you tell them at the end of the day, they don't have minds of there own, (yet)

DSN · 28 Jan 2011 at 03:52

This is why I video all my new builds from unboxing to power on.

And inspect each part the second there out of the box.

Anything wrong. I repackage call up and send video if requested

On the same note, If i oppsie some hardware it also makes for a funny reaction recording of me tossing parts across the room and re ordering.

Dave0w · 28 Jan 2011 at 05:05

DSN said:
This is why I video all my new builds from unboxing to power on.

I allways video/photo the motherboard unbox in inspection, i thought i was just a paranoid foul, nice to know am not the only one