PC won't work - I suck

IvanDobskey · 6 Apr 2013 at 10:30

Leprechaun312 said:
Oh that might mean that you have bent the cpu pins on the cpu, unless you can bend them back into place, you are going to need a new cpu, i don't think you can rma cpu's with bent pins

Aren't the pins on the motherboard :confused:

Jimmy_S3 · 6 Apr 2013 at 10:32

Sorry, I should clarify. All pins are on the motherboard, and it is those which are bent. CPU looks fine and doesn't have pins.

andicole0 · 6 Apr 2013 at 10:37

Jimmy_S3 said:
Hi,

I made an attempt to build my own PC and it seems to have completely failed. I would be very grateful if people could advise me about the possible causes of my problem and how to diagnose it.

When I press the power button, the computer bleeps, the cpu fan starts to spin and the case fan starts to spin. But after 2 or 3 seconds it all stops - including the case light going off.

Then about 5 seconds later it does the same thing. In fact, it keeps on trying and failing.

Specs:
Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10B 8GB (1x 8GB) Vengeance DDR3 Memory Module Kit - Blue
Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77-DS3H Motherboard
Coolermaster Elite 361 Mini Tower Case for PC - Black

I would be so grateful for any help

Have you tried two sticks of memory? The mobo may be in dual channel mode.

Andi.

Jimmy_S3 · 6 Apr 2013 at 10:40

I tried 2 1 gig sticks and still no luck.

I'm off into town now to go and grab another motherboard to see if that fixes it. Probably chuck the other one on ebay if anyone wants to try and fix it and make a bit of proffit.

Defy Belief · 6 Apr 2013 at 10:58

Jimmy_S3 said:
Sorry, I should clarify. All pins are on the motherboard, and it is those which are bent. CPU looks fine and doesn't have pins.

The CPU doesn't have pins? I'm confused.

If you don't put the cooler on and power it on, does the cpu begin to heat up?

SeraphX · 6 Apr 2013 at 11:17

Defy Belief said:
The CPU doesn't have pins? I'm confused.

If you don't put the cooler on and power it on, does the cpu begin to heat up?

intel motherboards since at least socket 775 have the pins on the board instead of on the chip like AMD chips do

If you've got bent motherboard pins, that would usually point to being slightly hamfisted in fitting the cpu, you shouldn't shove it or force it, the chip has cutouts so it will only fit in 1 way. once in, you only need to close the clasp frame and voila cpu done.

Jimmy_S3 · 6 Apr 2013 at 16:44

I must have been ham-fisted. Transferred all the bits to an asus z77 mobo and outside the case it booted to bios successfully.

They're pretty delicate though the pins. I think it may have been removing the plastic case as opposed to actually breaking the pins with the cpu itself.

Total cost: £70 mobo, £5 tube fares to grab new mobo , lots of wasted time and effort

Thanks for all the support on this forum. Hopefully I might just save someone else from making the same mistake.

Leprechaun312 · 6 Apr 2013 at 17:45

Defy Belief said:
The CPU doesn't have pins? I'm confused.

If you don't put the cooler on and power it on, does the cpu begin to heat up?

....cpus don't have pins.....i have installed 3 amd cpus and an i7 3770k and haven't realized that there are no pins on the cpu.......i might need to go back to specsavers