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Bad processor = no boot? Motherboard troubles.

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freddursth8

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Last night I tried hooking up my new mobo. It appeared to be DOA. It would power (the lights on it would go off) but it would not enter bios nor give a video screen. I tried trouble shooting it with the guys on the forum, but nothing came of it. However, when I took my processor out this morning, I noticed three or four of the pins were bent to crap. Could this be a reason for my motherboard not booting? Or does the processor not affect its running in bios? Thanks for your help.
 
Without processor, ram, or video you cannot access the bios. (well obviously a keyboard too)

If you have 4 bent pins i doubt the warrenty wil cover that, you may want to CAREFULLY try bending them back, it may work, and it may not. Before you do however give whoever you purchased it from a call and see.

If its bent to far, chances are itll break off while your bending it back.
 
I've had a proc with bent pins before (stupid Intel packaging...) and it wouldn't even fit into the mobo.

How did you install the CPU into the socket if the pins were bent in the first place? I'd think that the CPU didn't actually go in the socket, it just kind of hung out there because of the bent pins.

What you can try to do is what W1xard suggested: bend the pins back. I bent my pins back by straightening the pins with a very small tweezer, and it dropped into the ZIF socket no problem. You can try using a thin plastic card or notecard.

Other than that, nothing else I can provide.
 
Well, that's the thing... I'm not sure if the pins were bent before or after I put it into the ZIF socket. You may be totally right, it might not have been in all the way. I'm just troubleshooting cuz I hope its the processor and I won't have to RMA the motherboard. So the processor is definately needed for the motherboard to even boot?
 
Yes to your last question, or your MB will start spitting out error codes if it even boots.
 
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