Hi All,
My friend and I decided to reseat his CPU cooler (Corsair H60i) because we thought it wasn't having the best contact with the CPU due to the reported temps (80*C-90*C on load). After removing the CPU, cleaning the thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU, we re-installed the heatsink following the instructions carefully, but we couldn't POST at all.
The components will all start, fans will spin, the pump runs on the heatsink, but after a few seconds everything just powers down. It sounds like power isn't getting to the components. My friend explained to me last night when he removed the CPU to clean the thermal paste he noticed that the pins on the motherboard socket seemed a little bit off. Here is a pic of the motherboard's CPU socket.
These are the specs on the computer:
GigateByte UD5H-Z97X-BK
Intel I7 4990K
16GB Corsair Ballistic DDR3
Nvidia GTX 970
Corsair HX650
Corsair MX100 512GB SSD
1TB WD HDDD
Is this due to the pins on the motherboard socket being off or could this be due to something else?
My friend and I decided to reseat his CPU cooler (Corsair H60i) because we thought it wasn't having the best contact with the CPU due to the reported temps (80*C-90*C on load). After removing the CPU, cleaning the thermal paste from the heatsink and the CPU, we re-installed the heatsink following the instructions carefully, but we couldn't POST at all.
The components will all start, fans will spin, the pump runs on the heatsink, but after a few seconds everything just powers down. It sounds like power isn't getting to the components. My friend explained to me last night when he removed the CPU to clean the thermal paste he noticed that the pins on the motherboard socket seemed a little bit off. Here is a pic of the motherboard's CPU socket.
These are the specs on the computer:
GigateByte UD5H-Z97X-BK
Intel I7 4990K
16GB Corsair Ballistic DDR3
Nvidia GTX 970
Corsair HX650
Corsair MX100 512GB SSD
1TB WD HDDD
Is this due to the pins on the motherboard socket being off or could this be due to something else?