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Just a CPU socket pin question

Hey guys, in need of a little advice here.

I recently changed out the motherboard in my main PC as I had the need for a full sized ATX board (more pci slots), which again left me with a spare H110 micro-atx board.

The thing is, I had some problems trying to re-seat the CPU socket cover on the board, well in fact, I didn't succeed at all, and I had some horrible "plastic on metal"-ish sounds.
Now I am worried that I might have bent some of the pins in the CPU socket. Now, this is a very cheap board, so if it's broken it's broken, but I was planning to use it for a small home server, so I would be pleased to have it in working order.


So, does everything here look right to you? I simply cannot decide, especially down in the lower right corner.

And another question. The motherboard is currently mounted inside a case, but without the protective cover that I dare not try to put in place anymore. Am I fine leaving it exposed, provided that I dust it off thoroughly before mounting a processor in there?

Thanks so much, in advance.

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The pins look fine. And you really should put the cover on, or at least something, even a slip of paper 

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They look fine. Heck, even if they weren't it would be easy to bend them back.

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