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Possible CPU problem

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Hyraxxx

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I was trying to install an e7300 and my damn butterfingers dropped it. the pins look alright, but i there looks like a shiny spot on the top corner of the processor. the top where the thermal paste lies. Is a very light ding like that a processor killer?

My computer isn't booting up. The HDD won't spin. The cpu fan spins and the monitor LED blinks. but that's it. nothing else appears on the monitor. I have the IDE cable to the HDD. I have the power cable to the hard drive plugged in.

Is all i need plugged in is the HDD, the cpu-fan and the motherboard power? I have onboard graphics.
 
Oh the story I can tell about "how durable" a chip can be because I have one.🙂 I would say that if you didn't chip it or nick it, your pretty much ok. Either it works or it doesn't. Plop it in and give it a whirl.
 
I doubt it did anything to it. That's why they have a protective metal covering on them. It's pretty hard to kill a socket 775 processor. Only on socket 478 processors where you can damage the pins is where i've seen damage occur usually.
 
Is it something that would interfer with the HS? If so, try to smooth the area down. I really dont think you damaged the actual processor. Believe me, they can take some minor mishaps.
 
Originally posted by: Drsignguy
Is it something that would interfer with the HS? If so, try to smooth the area down. I really dont think you damaged the actual processor. Believe me, they can take some minor mishaps.
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I was talking to someone earlier and he told me the processor will throttle down to like 1 MHZ if there was a heating issue.
 
Well there is more to it than that, but just make sure your HS is sitting flat on that chip so you wont have heating issues. 😉
 
Doesn't make sense that your cpu fan is spinning but your drive doesn't spin up. Will the drive spin with only the power connector plugged in? The shock of falling from a distance and hitting a hard surface could do internal damage to a cpu; all those pads on the bottom have small internal connections to the chip just like the pins used to on older processors.
 
I haven't built a computer in 6 years. During that time, they decided to add an extra 4 pin power connector to the motherboard. I thought it was for a small form factor power supply since it was a mini-atx board. But. yea, it's all good now. all running as it should. I think I might have a heatsink issue. One of the pegs wont go 100% down.but it's running at 25C. which is ice cold compared to what i am used to. Though, it's throttled down according to this. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=28&threadid=2164014

But all is well.
 
Originally posted by: Hyraxxx
I haven't built a computer in 6 years. During that time, they decided to add an extra 4 pin power connector to the motherboard. I thought it was for a small form factor power supply since it was a mini-atx board. But. yea, it's all good now. all running as it should. I think I might have a heatsink issue. One of the pegs wont go 100% down.but it's running at 25C. which is ice cold compared to what i am used to. Though, it's throttled down according to this. http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=28&threadid=2164014

But all is well.
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In bold as you quoted, I would make sure this isn't an issue. You should see the pins on the back of the motherboard, if not, I would definately make sure ALL pins are in.

 
lol yea that 4 pin connector is actually an 8 pin connector on a lot of enthusiast boards these days as well 😀. also, those heat spreaders can take a LOT of damage. and by a lot i mean people sand those down to the copper and mirror finish them flat to improve their temperatures. example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj6Amq_MGfE
 
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