Bent ryzen 3700X pins day after purchase

[r4sh1d]

I think that is your problem, I've been reading a lot of people are having trouble with older mobos running 3000 processors.

 

[ubern00b]

I think that is your problem, I've been reading a lot of people are having trouble with older mobos running 3000 processors.

What's that got to do with tilting and pulling on a heatsink attached to a PGA processor?

I feel sorry for the OP and right enough you will never ever make this expensive mistake again, though it's generally been posted, use a slight twisting motion, when the TIM is warm also helps with loosening the adhesion, I have bent pins on an LGA motherboard which rendered it completely useless, I've also pulled a PGA CPU straight from the socket in this same fashion though "knock on wood" have never pulled any pins off, so it's hard to say which method is better. My advice (depending on how you view the ethics involved) would be to go for RMA saying it turned up that way and plead ignorance, otherwise you will find little sympathy unfortunately.

 

[r4sh1d]

It booted in and I used it for hours, everything's working. Except this morning I turned it on and it didn't boot, CPU error LED was active on the mobo. Did a reset and it all booted up normally.


Any advice would be appreciated.

I'd think this is caused by the mobo, being a b450, it matches reports by other people who are pairing a 3000 series with an older mobo.

It could be the bent cpu pins though.

 

[ubern00b]

I'd think this is caused by the mobo, being a b450, it matches reports by other people who are pairing a 3000 series with an older mobo.

It could be the bent cpu pins though.

Worked fine before the unorthadox CPU pulling, then bent pins, but hey it could be some weird AMD 3000 issue with B450 boards if you completely disregard the info where he stated it was working fine until he tried to pull it "uncorrectly" and reinstalled the CPU after realligning the pins

 

[r4sh1d]

Weird? It's all over MSI's forum. A lot of people are beta testing new bios's for manufacturers.

 

[Fir]

Before doing anything else you need to clean the cpu. It needs to look like it was never used. Not for the purpose of RMA, but to ensure that electrical interference isn't causing issue. Capacitance, not conductance, is the issue. At the frequencies these processors run AND the close proximity of the pins on the socket, it is absolutely imperative that this area stay devoid of ANYTHING that could cause an electrical change / interference. Get some electronic parts cleaner (aerosol can) and use liberal amounts flushing everything out. Allow to dry, inspect with a magnifier and repeat as needed. Don't let the run off flow over to the other side where the die and IHS is or you will need to clean that too and that's much harder to do without an ultrasonic cleaner.

If the pins are straight enough to engage all holes in the socket, you should be OK as far as pins go. I have always used a 0.5mm mechanical pencil on those if needed.