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ASUS Zenith Extreme DOA bad socket, what should I do?

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I built my threadripper system today and I think my mobo is DOA.

When I opened up the board, I noticed I had bent pins in the lower left corner of the TR4 socket even before I installed a CPU. it also took a lot of force to install my 1950X.

Ive heard it’s something to do with bad Foxconn sockets apparently.

the RGB lights come on but nothing happens when I press either my case power or internal start button 

do you think this is the issue and what should I do?

Current Rig:   CPU: AMD 1950X @4Ghz. Cooler: Enermax Liqtech TR4 360. Motherboard:Asus Zenith Extreme. RAM: 8GB Crucial DDR4 3666. GPU: Reference GTX 970  SSD: 250GB Samsung 970 EVO.  HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro. PSU: Corsair RM1000X. OS: Windows 10 Pro UEFI mode  (installed on SSD)

Peripherals:  Display: Acer XB272 1080p 240Hz G Sync Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Brown Mouse: Logitech G502 RGB Headhet: Roccat XTD 5.1 analogue

Daily Devices:Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact and 128GB iPad Pro

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29 minutes ago, asim1999 said:

When I opened up the board, I noticed I had bent pins in the lower left corner of the TR4 socket even before I installed a CPU.

That was foolish. Should've just sent the mobo back for RMA. Now it's a lot harder to prove that it wasn't you who bent the pins and broke the board.

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