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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/techsupport

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I bought a new CPU fan and when i took the one I had it came out with my CPU(AMD Ryzen 7 I stolefrom my friends abusive ex so I can't even be upset if it breaks and I was careful I made sure I was grounded when handling it)inoticed the pins in the corner were bent. I unbent them but I noticed these were gone. This is the corner opposite the corner with the arrow. I had to install this when i bought a new motherboard and it was fine ever since so I know it was fine before. So to get a background on what circumstances left to my question.

My monitor gets no signal when I turn it on. All the fans work including GPU. None of my USB ports work so I can't use the mouse or keyboard. I used different monitors, and even tried my display port. There are zero beeps, Motherboard AMD B450,and I even reseated my RAM and GPU. I also took out and put back in the CMOS battery, and flashed the bios. I've tried Google to no avail. I also don't have a second motherboard to test with. I'm going to get it diagnosed at a repair shop but I'd like to know is I have anymore options. I'd just move the components to my Walmart Intel motherboard but it doesn't have M2 for my SSD.

This is my first build. I have a background in tech but never got into the career. Is there anything I can do to salvage this or will I have to actually buy my own damn CPU?

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[–] waigl 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, you not only stole the CPU, but felt the need to tell us about it, too?

[–] CheddarBiscuits 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah it's cuz ThatHappened

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We drove halfway across the country during the height of the pandemic shutdown to rescue that friend otherwise we wouldn't have had the time. I don't condone theft but fuck that man.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like your justifying theft.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You may be right, sorry about that. I'm mostly feel what happened was my karma. I can't change what I've already done.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That man needs to be in federal prison so¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] waigl 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So we have the fact the CPU was stolen and the personal opinion of the perp that the previous owner was a bad person...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Theif says victim bad person so crime is ok.... Classic tale.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, it's fucked unless you pay an expert to repair it.

And I mean an expert. Not a friend who has used a soldering iron before.

Probably cheaper to buy a new CPU.

[–] shalafi 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bent pins? Meh, go carful with a pocketknife.

Broken OFF? I can solder, but there's no way in hell it will ever be the same. At my very best I might get it bootable, but the signal would never be the same over those pins.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not actually that hard. You can use a hot air gun and tweezers at around 370c, or you can use a soldering iron (which does take a bit of practice) and a slim metal tube that the thin part of the pin will just fit into. Use soldering paste/liquid either way. You can order pins, but really it's often easier to just find an old worthless cpu and desolder the pins of one of them if you don't need a whole bunch.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like I mentioned in the post I'm taking it to the shop. At this point I'm leaving it to the professionals

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Be prepared to spend more than if you just replaced the board and CPU yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cost of living in my city is pretty high and so my hourly rate is too, I could fix this for about the cost of a used Ryzen 5 3600X which leaves a lot of CPUs this would be worth doing for.

It’s really about finding someone with the right tools and skillset.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I don't think any pins ended up in the motherboard, I hope not, but yeah at this point I'm probably just going to replace it, I've already picked one out, and be sure to twist the cooling fan when removing it from the CPU from now on.

[–] Thcdenton 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You live and learn

[–] shalafi 3 points 1 year ago

This is the most perfectly apt post I've seen all day.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I got it the right way around, it looks like those pins go to memory channel B according to the pinout on wikichip. You could try only populating memory channel A and see if it will post. If you can't get it to work, then replacement is probably going to be cheaper than repair.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's an awesome resource thanks. Same yeah observing this it does appear some of the missing pins are grounds but the rest are memory channel. I don't have enough knowledge though to rely diagnose what they means.

[–] monkeyman512 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Those pins are probably still in the motherboard. You will have to replace both.

Edit: Also to avoid this kind of issue in the future, twist the CPU cooler to break the bond before pulling it off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

An old trick that seems to have been forgotten is to run the computer for a short while before removing the cooler too. It can just be in the bios for a few minutes before shutting down completely, but it softens the thermal paste and makes things like this less likely.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hope not is rather just the CPU be fucked. Also I wish the CPU fan instructions actually said that tip I could have used that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes it's bad, depending on the CPU it might be an issue or not (mostly depends on whether those are dummy pins in the socket or they're actually necessary, in which case whatever they're used for will not worl)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck you, thief. Abuse is what you call the cops for. Not to steal shit from someone over what your friend told you about a person. I hope you get caught. You're dumb enough, by the looks of that picture.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Statute of limitations are up. That man ended up in federal prison for identity fraud so I don't care.