Is this CPU dead ⚰️?

[iainmacrae22]

I bought a used 8700k, it has a SMD capacitor on the underside which looks cracked or like it's been bent. The PC can't get into windows it just blue screens. I can sit in the BIOS without any issues though, do you think a fresh windows install could fix any driver issues or is it more than likely dead?

Note: changed from an i5-8400 to the i7 without uninstalling drivers. Motherboard, ram, PSU and graphics all work fine

 

[iainmacrae22]

post a pic for confirmation

 

[iainmacrae22]

I would at least try a clean install first, even on a spare hdd or ssd if possible.

That's exactly what I did!

I put my old CPU back in and it booted and ran fine, so I made a bootable USB drive and installed windows fresh on a new SSD with the i7. It seems to be okay and does stress tests just fine, but I tried just rebooting the PC a few times to test the stability and a couple of times it blue screened again, only to boot the next time. Weird.

 

[iainmacrae22]

What Is the rest of your spec? Possible the more power hungry cpu could have tipped an old PSU over the edge.

Gigabyte z370p D3, GTX 1080ti and Corsair RM650 which I only put in today, my old power supply was a bequiet sp10 500w

 

[iainmacrae22]

Did you run Intel's diagnostic tests?

All passed