CPU Upgrade Gone Bad.....:(

Dunno about these new BIOS, but in "the old days" you had to set the CPU specs in the BIOS, for the mobo to use it.

But get hold of Pas or yarg. They'll know.

Another person to ask is ShelbyGT.

Thanks Snowy.

Is this the board here ?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=de&cc=de&docname=c00906129

I figured it out. I bent a pin and in trying to fix it, I broke it off.

Oh well, there's some wasted money. Thanks guys, anyway.

Good luck

OR go back to the store with the receipt and say it was brocken when you opened the box and act really angry....they could replace it with a newbie!!! i would............ and if they refuse to replace it.......that is when you ask for the manager.......you should get it replaced. customer is always right remember

about 10 years ago, i was with optus for my isp provider and i hadnt paid my bill and they had cut off my service, i rang them up demanding to have it put back on as i had 'very important stuff to do' on the internet and please extend my bill, they said no, so then i demaned i speak to the manager, and after telling him my internet was part of my work and that it was a full necessity that i had it, and i would go elsewhere if it didnt have it, he reconected me......little did he know that i was a pensioner and just wanted to be reconnected so i could chat online and do whatever the hell i did back then..........lol

Got it online..

Can a pin be replaced? Soldered back on? I wonder..... 

If so that would be some very delicate work Jim. 

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No. If you got it from newegg just try and RMA just say its missing. Don't say nothing else.

Ok, Got it from STARMICRO thru PRICEWATCH.com.

I have an AMD Phenom II x4 920 that has a missing pin after I accidentally dropped it during installation (nerve issues/hand cramped), and it runs perfectly without it. 

According to the techie where I took it (couldn't fix the bent pins myself at the time, poor eyesight/bad hand n' all) some pins actually don't do anything and thus are not essential to its operation...

Is that got the CPU online or you bought it online????

If you have it online now, and it is working properly, there's probably nothing to worry about.  However, there are programs you can download for free to stress test it, etc, if you have any concerns.

If not, you might want to put the old CPU back in, get the PC online and flash the BIOS for the new CPU and try it again... but ensure all the pins are straight (yrag advised me to use a credit card) and the CPU sits properly before locking it down.  That's what mine needed doing to it before it would recognise the new CPU (missing pin and all).  Once the techie flashed the BIOS, the new CPU was recognised and it has run like a dream ever since... 16 months or so now.

Best of luck with it.

I hope you can get a replacement.That really sucks!

well i hope all works out for ya redneck...i am building a system for the first time myself in a month or so and those are good tips u gave there starkers...THANX!

Starkers, I bought it online, thanks tho.

Last time I bent a pin was in some ancient 486 or P1 ....steam-pipe technology...fixable with a CIG spanner and brute force.....

Last machine I built [this one] is an i7 920 ...with all the fancy bits.  Needless to say I didn't go about like a bull in a china shop and screw up all THOSE pins....;)

And I did?......................................................lol 

I usually hold my breath when I put in the CPU. That's the one part of building that still makes me cringe a little. I suppose I have a light touch to most things electronic though, except my case which I hacksawed.

Et tu, Brute?

Had to do that to the MB tray....the V8 cooler wouldn't fit in the slide-in....had to be installed after the tray was in place...so had to access the back of the MB for the bolts...;)

There's not a lot to building a rig these days... with all the snap together components you hardly even need a screwdriver.  Well to open the case you do, but the rest is a breeze if you follow the basic rules and common sense.

One of the basic rules is to wash your hands thoroughly prior to handling the components, then 'ground' yourself, which can be done by wearing a wetsuit and flippers, with a conductive wire attached to the weight belt and the other end attached to a spike which you hammer into the floor. Snorkel and googles are optional. 

Oh, if you don't have flippers and a wetsuit, gum boots and some of that kinky rubber gear will do. 

The other thing to remember when inserting the CPU is not to go.....

Nah, seriously!  It's not that hard.  I usually install the PSU and drives in the case first, then the CPU/cooler and RAM on the mobo while it's still outside the case (remembering to ensure the CPU is properly seated before locking it down), then install the mobo and connect the PSU and front panel leads, etc,  prior to adding the graphics and sound cards.  Works for me.

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Oh, and Jafo, the only mad bull in a china shop, when installing my CPU, was running up and down my cervical spine, thus causing pins and needles and my hand to cramp up from pinched nerves.  Bit hard holding on to a CPU like that... so I dropped it. 

What surprised me, however, was the ease with which the pins bent (didn't fall far or with any force), and how easily one broke off during the techie's attempt to straighten them. Manufacturing and quality control seems sadly to have suffered with AMD sending much of its operation offshore (from the US).  What we also discovered (probably due to harder economic times, the worldwide financial crisis, etc) is that AMD were/are accepting/approving very few returns... hence the desperate attempt to get mine up and running.  Thankfully it fired up.

Oh, ok!   Thing is, given AMD isn't accepting too many returns these days, and mine works famously without a pin, it might be worth your while seeing if somebody technically inclined can get it up and running for you.  In my case, even though the new CPU would technically have worked, the old CPU had to be reinserted so the BIOS could be flashed/updated to enable the recognition of the new one.  This can happen with some older mobos and newer CPU's that were designed with newer boards in mind, so it is worth a try.... it could very well work.

Here's hoping for ya.

Hey all, I ended up getting an Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Dual Core at my local PC repair shop for $50.00 which Wiz was nice enough to send me as a Christmas gift!  He's clairvoyant...he knew I would screw up the first one...lol!!

Edit: He sent the money before I had even taken delivery of the first cpu....hence the clairvoyance remark....I think he has a crystal ball....or two?

I'm so glad it worked out for you.  Wiz is one heck of a great guy, isn't he... doing that for you is one heck of a nice thing to do.

Thanks, Wiz, you're a true gentleman. Your helping out a mate like that is pretty special to us all.

I wish that he'd been clairvoyant the night before I did mine... with an email saying: "Leave that CPU the heck alone tomorrow, otherwise you're gonna drop the blasted thing and bend some pins."

Oh well, all's well that ends well.

What a great thing to do!!!