Stuck on DRAM Red light on Asus Z97 Mark1, bent LGA1150 Pin

[ensonbarker]

Hi guys,

I've been reading the forums relating to this and tried everything so then im posting this before i give up and trash my Motherboard.

This is the setup so far:
Asus Sabre-tooth z97 mark 1
Core i7-4790,
KVR1333D3N9/8G kingston 8GB DDR3 1333

accidentally bent 2 pins from the LGA1150 socket ,

pic here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yw9dlhg6zq47a7/20150104_130031.jpg?dl=0


the thing Never post , (no beep because i've been unable to buy an internal speakers anywhere and i dont know why this 230$ board doesn't include a cheap part like an internal speaker)

cpu red light for an split second and then permanent dram red light, MEM-OK does nothing but try to restart (i see de fans go on and off in an infinite loop).

so what i did so far:
1. Tried to bring the bent pins back to its position with a magnifying glass and a needle
2. Installed a Geforce GT610 on all three PCI express sockets (integrated display port and HDMI weren't working neither)
3. Changed the KVR1333D3N9/8G kingston for an A-DATA DDR3 1333 4GB tried them in all the sockets . They are not in the QVL by the way… , in a funny way, because the KVR1333D3N9/8 is listed as a compatible ram with my board in the kingston website but it's not in the Asus latest QVL.
4. Hit the reset bios button
5. Remove the board battery and put it back
6. Disconnected everything pulled the board from the case and install everything on a carton box
7. Disconnected the reset PWR and the HDD lights connectors, disconnected the cpu fan,
8. Changed the Power Supply for a cooler master ext 625 because my old Power supply unit only had the 4 pin cpu connector.

So that's it , I'm just here 99.97% sure is the bent pin on the socket but then i wanted to know if you guys had any suggestions for me before i declare it officially fried and toss it. MRA is not possible in my country and the bent pin is a warranty breaker.

best regards , and sorry for the bad english.

 

[phasseshifter]

hmm...r u shure you have straighted all the pins...and also is the cpu mating flush with the cpu socket ..did you have difficulty putting the heatsink fan assembly on to the mobo..if you infact had it running with it in this state with bent pins did it even ever post...oh yeah soz ...Welcome to the forum edicate is not one of my strong points...lol.. bent pins is not a reason for a fried cpu but i would not rule it out if the h/fan was not flush to the cpu...try just one video card your cpu might not support all those pcie lanes...

 

[ensonbarker]

phasseshifter thank you for you reply,

the thing never ever started, not even post, yes the heatsink fan was sitting tight.
the cpu may be ok but the board itself maybe not.


cheers

 

[Ketchup]

What does the bottom of the CPU look like?
Did you run the computer with the bent pin?
Have you tried resetting the CMOS?

CPU LED not being lit is not a good sign, and doesn't warrant much troubleshooting beyond the CPU and its socket. If you feel the board came that way, you should request an RMA. If the bottom of the CPU does not look damaged, you should be fine with a board replacement.

 

[vailr]

Try using a mechanical pencil with the lead removed, as a pin straightening tool.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Oh gee . . . just reading this thread makes me want to upchuck. Philly Cheese knows.

You can straighten pins, but you can also break them in the process. If your eyesight near-vision isn't that great, it's bad enough, but in any case, you need a good magnifier and a strong light.

I doubt things have changed much since socket 1155, so the so-called "pins" are really wires that behave like springs, which lay flat from the point where they come out of the socket hole, and they have a vertical nipple on them meant to fit a dimple on each of the processor's gold contact pads.

Whether or not running the board with a misaligned, damaged or bent pin and expecting it to survive could be a crap-shoot. It depends on which pin it is! There are dead/unused pins, "reserved" pins, etc. etc.

I don't want to think about this anymore . . . Good luck . . .