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David Everitt
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So I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU cooler.  Upgraded to an Asus rog maximus xi hero wifi and a corsair h100i rgb platinum aio.

After plugging everything in the aio would not cool the cpu. While taking the CPU ot to reapply thermal paste I dropped it landing in the socket bending one of the pins along the center edge.

Should I se about trying tho fix it or should I just cut my losses and but a rodent motherboard

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1 minute ago, David Everitt said:

So I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU cooler.  Upgraded to an Asus rog maximus xi hero wifi and a corsair h100i rgb platinum aio.

After plugging everything in the aio would not cool the cpu. While taking the CPU ot to reapply thermal paste I dropped it landing in the socket bending one of the pins along the center edge.

Should I se about trying tho fix it or should I just cut my losses and but a rodent motherboard

Youtube has some good guides.

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1 minute ago, David Everitt said:

Should I se about trying tho fix it or should I just cut my losses and but a rodent motherboard

Can you post a picture of the damaged socket here?

CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R CPU Cooler: NZXT HAVIK 140 RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (1x2GB), Crucial DDR3-1600 (2x4GB), Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (1x4GB) GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II 2GB SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" 1TB HDDs: WD Green 3.5" 1TB, WD Blue 3.5" 1TB PSU: Corsair AX860i & CableMod ModFlex Cables Case: Fractal Design Meshify C TG (White) Fans: 2x Dynamic X2 GP-12 Monitors: LG 24GL600F, Samsung S24D390 Keyboard: Logitech G710+ Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Mouse Pad: Steelseries QcK Audio: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones

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grab ur self a Pin and a magnifying glass and bend it back ..carefully.

CPU: Intel i7 3930k w/OC & EK Supremacy EVO Block | Motherboard: Asus P9x79 Pro  | RAM: G.Skill 4x4 1866 CL9 | PSU: Seasonic Platinum 1000w Corsair RM 750w Gold (2021)|

VDU: Panasonic 42" Plasma | GPU: Gigabyte 1080ti Gaming OC & Barrow Block (RIP)...GTX 980ti | Sound: Asus Xonar D2X - Z5500 -FiiO X3K DAP/DAC - ATH-M50S | Case: Phantek Enthoo Primo White |

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD + WD Blue 1TB SSD | Cooling: XSPC D5 Photon 270 Res & Pump | 2x XSPC AX240 White Rads | NexXxos Monsta 80x240 Rad P/P | NF-A12x25 fans |

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5 hours ago, David Everitt said:

So I recently upgraded my motherboard and CPU cooler.  Upgraded to an Asus rog maximus xi hero wifi and a corsair h100i rgb platinum aio.

After plugging everything in the aio would not cool the cpu. While taking the CPU ot to reapply thermal paste I dropped it landing in the socket bending one of the pins along the center edge.

Should I se about trying tho fix it or should I just cut my losses and but a rodent motherboard

It's worth trying at least.  As the others have said, there are some pretty decent videos (including an LTT one) on fixing bent pins.  Worst case you still have a dead board.  One of the big reasons Intel went LGA was so that you would damage the less expensive motherboard in case of bent pins and not the expensive CPU.

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4 hours ago, Vulkan HeStan said:

ltt actually did a video on this

 

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