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Calibre said:
For what its worth i've seen the mother board in the flesh and there is no thermal paste in, on, or around the pins of the socket, the screw at the back does look badly fabricated to my amature eye and it is effecting the retention clip, I would say adversely.

I can confirm also that contrary to popular speculation the op is far from being a thirteen year old school boy - that being said, I am however someone who has spent thousands of pounds in oc's over the years & I think their refusal to even accept the return of the board (even when the op agreed the fee they said they would charge for an engineer to assess the board) makes me confident that I shall seriously consider taking my business else where in future.

all the best..

good day evereyone!!
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strong post count to post content......
 
Toys are being thrown out of prams now that the chance of getting the raped motherboard replaced is zero.

socks & alternate personalities ahoy!
 
I have nothing to add about OP or the state of his socket, but I will say this thread was funny to read.
 
Steve0 said:
Not everyone is going to sign up onto a forum to get free delivery!!
That statement is just bl**** stupid. Sums up the majority attitude in this thread.
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Which part of my statement was stupid? :confused:

Just pointed out something that he might have missed. If I spent so much at Overclockers then I would make sure that I was aware of the fringe benefits. I guess you just prefer to hurl abuse rather and aid people. Ho hum.

I wonder how many of these new forum members are the same person..
 
I believe it's a little bit late for speculation now, the damage is done, whether or not the OP is is bluffing or telling the truth, you never know, he may not know what happened and is speculating himself.

In any case, OCUK have already said if you return it and get it RMA it will get rejected immediately, nothing they can do about it and I agree.
This damage has solely been caused by the user. Theres no chance in hell it came like that, a blind person wouldn't miss a damaged socket.

You're best options here, as already stated are to buy a new motherboard, or attempt a socket replacement, either via a company or yourself (although much skill is needed to do it yourself).

It didn't come like that, or you'd have posted immediately "HELP, Holy **** My motherboard came with a screwed socket!" You simple can NOT miss something like that.

Please accept something went wrong, and buy yourself a new motherboard and try again. Things happen, trust me, I've had my experiences.
 
Must admit, the pins on these sockets are horrendously easy to foobar, the first time I used one of these inverted sockets I also bent pins here there and everywhere.
So, lesson learned I sat down with a powerful magnifying glass, a pair of superfine tweezers and a bright desk lamp and tweaked the pins until they were back in line.
 
I can sympathise with the op as I too have just had an Asus P8P67 board rejected for RMA by OC due to bent pins. I had a working machine,upgraded the bios and the board was fubar. No post just a red light next to the cpu socket. I dismantled the rig and returned the board for RMA. I never thought about bent pins as it appeared to be the bios update that screwed the board up. I can only think it was the plastice cpu cover that did it when I replaced it to RMA. I have been told that bent pins = warranty void, end of. Im not sure how many or how bad it is as it is probably in the post on its way back to me. Im gutted because I replaced it with the deluxe edition and wont be seeing any refund.
 
if something i ordered came with no security seal or static bag on it i would send it straight back to where it came from, it could be a return and got mixed up and sent straight back out. arnt the static bags there for protection :confused: surely it must have been checked that the security seal was intact before sent out.
 
Here's my P8P67 Pro just incase the Op needs some comparison.

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mswimfish said:
if something i ordered came with no security seal or static bag on it i would send it straight back to where it came from, it could be a return and got mixed up and sent straight back out. arnt the static bags there for protection :confused: surely it must have been checked that the security seal was intact before sent out.
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Then you would constantly be returning stuff. Asus do not seal their boxes or the anti static bags the actual board is in. Never had a problem with them either.

The OP screwed up big time and rather than come on here and try to convince people (and failing completely) he should have just got a new board and sucked the cost up. There is no way in hell that socket arrived like that or was caused by an overtight retention mechanism. As for his arguement about the screw being too far in, my Asus 1156 board is exactly the same. In fact it sticks through so far i had to drill a hole through the motherboard tray so that the screw could go through and not bend the tray. Funnily enough, my rig works perfectly.
 
Boldyin said:
Here's my P8P67 Pro just incase the Op needs some comparison.

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They either use different suppliers for this or have changed them. My socket clearly states Foxcon on the back of my Asus P8P67 Pro, and yes it needed a lot of pressure to close and I did stop and check before finally fitting it.

To the OP - if what your saying is really how this damage happened, i'm not in a position to say otherwise, and your not happy with how OCUK have dealt with this then you should contact local Trading Standards to OCUK and make complaint. This is only if what your saying is true and only you know that.

You also have other options open to you and Consumer Direct can advise you further, again, this only applies if you have told us the truth.

If you've chanced your luck and come up with this to cover damage you caused then it's time to admit defeat and pay up for a new board.
 
mswimfish said:
if something i ordered came with no security seal or static bag on it i would send it straight back to where it came from, it could be a return and got mixed up and sent straight back out. arnt the static bags there for protection :confused: surely it must have been checked that the security seal was intact before sent out.
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Barely any Asus motherboards are security sealed. I had a Maximus III Gene, and that wasn't sealed and had no anti-static bag. None are sealed - and moreover never were, as there are no remnants on the boxes from sealing - it's just the way Asus do things. Guess it can't cause that much grief for them. Also - it's a bit pointless moaning that the box isn't sealed because 'what if the mobo was a return/was broken' - well unsealing the box to see defeats that surely? It'll make no difference.

Unlucky OP, but I guess it's new mobo/socket/pay for repair time.
 
I have been trying to keep up to date with this thread, and surely it is worthwhile the OP contacting Asus, and asking then if they can repair the board for him, and if so, how much it will cost.

If I were him, I wouldn't even try to offer any explanation, but just say "I have a damaged board, can you repair it for me please?"

If they say that they are able to do so, he can then compare the cost of this to that of a replacement motherboard, or if they say that they can't or won't repair it, then he is going to have to purchase a replacement board anyway.

I certainly would NOT recommend the DIY approach mentioned above though... not after what has happened already!
 
pastymuncher said:
Then you would constantly be returning stuff. Asus do not seal their boxes or the anti static bags the actual board is in. Never had a problem with them either.

The OP screwed up big time and rather than come on here and try to convince people (and failing completely) he should have just got a new board and sucked the cost up. There is no way in hell that socket arrived like that or was caused by an overtight retention mechanism. As for his arguement about the screw being too far in, my Asus 1156 board is exactly the same. In fact it sticks through so far i had to drill a hole through the motherboard tray so that the screw could go through and not bend the tray. Funnily enough, my rig works perfectly.
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wont be buying an asus then :D what i should have said is if it had a security tab and it was tampered with or opened. lets face it we will never know the truth as we are all just guesing :rolleyes:
 
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