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- Jan 10, 2001
I got my Gigabyte UD5H and 4690k yesterday, got second day air so I could install before the fourth. Removing the mobo and looking it over, I opened the socket to install the CPU and noticed a few weird things. I have never had an Intel rig, well not since 98, but the socket just didn't look right. There were three pins that were obviously longer than the rest, kind of in random places but all in the top section and there were two pins to the left that appeared to be bridged with solder but were still gold. The bridge felt kinda rough as did one of the longer pins. Well I didn't really think that it would make any difference or that it maybe it was supposed to be like that.
I went ahead and placed the CPU in the socket and pushed the lever down to secure. The plastic cover popped of and it seemed to take more pressure than an AMD but then again the pins on them are on the CPU and just drop into the holes. After several hours of installing everything, no boot. Kept stopping at C3 or 3E but never could get any display or beep. After trying everything I know to try, I disassembled it all and put my AMD rig back in.
Removing the CPU I could see that the socket pins were all bent in one direction on the top portion but not near the bottom, at least they look that way. Changing the viewing direction makes them all look uniform except for a few. Some look as if the laid down in a random direction, like the three longer ones.
Is this normal at all on an Intel? Are any pins longer than the rest? Are any bridged? I was very careful placing the CPU in the socket but it would only fit in one place, so I don't think that I should have caused any socket damage but as it won't boot, something is wrong. Is it possible to damage the pins when installing the CPU if it fit in the notches? I'm not sure where to go from here at all.
I went ahead and placed the CPU in the socket and pushed the lever down to secure. The plastic cover popped of and it seemed to take more pressure than an AMD but then again the pins on them are on the CPU and just drop into the holes. After several hours of installing everything, no boot. Kept stopping at C3 or 3E but never could get any display or beep. After trying everything I know to try, I disassembled it all and put my AMD rig back in.
Removing the CPU I could see that the socket pins were all bent in one direction on the top portion but not near the bottom, at least they look that way. Changing the viewing direction makes them all look uniform except for a few. Some look as if the laid down in a random direction, like the three longer ones.
Is this normal at all on an Intel? Are any pins longer than the rest? Are any bridged? I was very careful placing the CPU in the socket but it would only fit in one place, so I don't think that I should have caused any socket damage but as it won't boot, something is wrong. Is it possible to damage the pins when installing the CPU if it fit in the notches? I'm not sure where to go from here at all.