No Post, Potentially Bent Mobo Pins

[Neximus]

After doing some overdue cleaning I had removed the CPU in an effort to get rid of the dust under the outside of the bracket.

I fear that during this process I had bent some of the pins of my motherboard.

 

Worked before the cleaning, but afterwards the system would power as normal but no video signals (2 different monitors, different cables, different ports) only “HDMI no signal”.

 

To keep the long story as short as possible these are the things I have tested and am fairly certain are not at fault:

External Power Cable

Internal Cables (Enitre Rebuild)

Case Power Button (It Works)

Ram (Both Sticks & Position)

PSU (Passes Paperclip Test)

GPU (Issues w/o it Installed)

SSD & HDD (HDD Spins and Issues w/o Either Being Installed)

* I am probably missing other things I checked, but trust me it was extensive troubleshooting.

 

After troubleshooting my way past each issues I thought of and some I find on google, I went ahead and reached the point where it was either a motherboard or CPU issue, I attempted to reseat the CPU (which research led me to believe could occasionally just have not been seated right - and as I had reseated it earlier - during cleaning - it could likely be the cause).

 

After reseating the CPU during troubleshooting the system stopped posting: Turning it on powers it for a second and then it stops. I’m under the impression that reseating it made it worse - inspection leads me to believe that somewhere along the process some pins on the motherboard became bent (most probably during the cleaning). I have taken pictures of the socket best I could, and I am fairly certain that the pins are bent but if I could get a second opinion on the issue it would be very appreciated.

 

Below is a link to an album of pictures taken, I know they aren’t terribly amazing photo quality - but I uploaded the best ones so hopefully you can find a few that show the potential problem areas.

https://imgur.com/gallery/LEsunpn

 

Build:

i5 4690k

MSI Z97 G45

2x4GB DDR3 Ram

Corsair AX760

 

Lastly I won’t be able to respond for a few hours (as I need to get some sleep tonight). Thank you very much for your time and effort for helping me.

[LienusLateTips]

From what I can tell, a bunch of those pins look bent...

[Neximus]

6 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

From what I can tell, a bunch of those pins look bent...

Thats what it looked like to me, but I have never had an issue related to socket pins before so I wanted to make sure. Thank you for taking the time to double check. Do you by chance know of any reputable place I can purchase older motherboards (LGA 1150) for a reasonable price? I have seen some for over MSRP (on sites like Amazon) and some at a fair price (on eBay, but the listings are somewhat shady).

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Neximus said:

Thats what it looked like to me, but I have never had an issue related to socket pins before so I wanted to make sure. Thank you for taking the time to double check. Do you by chance know of any reputable place I can purchase older motherboards (LGA 1150) for a reasonable price? I have seen some for over MSRP (on sites like Amazon) and some at a fair price (on eBay, but the listings are somewhat shady).

Just go for ebay. They have great buyer protection, as long as you get back to them in a reasonable period of time.

[Neximus]

2 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Just go for ebay. They have great buyer protection, as long as you get back to them in a reasonable period of time.

Alright! Sounds good I’ll go ahead and purchase a motherboard off eBay, thank you again for the help I really appreciate it.

[LienusLateTips]

19 minutes ago, Neximus said:

Alright! Sounds good I’ll go ahead and purchase a motherboard off eBay, thank you again for the help I really appreciate it.

Make sure it's a highly rated seller. That's the one catch.