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Post by Macsbeach98 on Jul 20, 2016 18:37:26 GMT -5
Shane first try backing the tension off on the block a couple of turns and see if the memory channel returns. I would say that it is probably a bad joint under the socket seeing as they have just replaced the socket. The board is a fiber laminate and they flex when the block is tightened down unfortunately the socket dont flex with it and the solder joints tend to come apart if its flexed too much and the joints are not the best.
Then pull the CPU and check the pins have you had the CPU out since the start when I put it in? If not I would say its not the actual pins in the socket because the channels were working when you started.
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Post by ozz on Jul 20, 2016 19:27:21 GMT -5
yeah i found the problem, my fault, i checked the socket again for condensation yesterday and noticed a bit of fluff in there, so as i went to get it out i didnt notice that i knocked 3 pins next to each other and bent them up and i didnt feel it, and those pins obviously controlled the 3 ram channels i did straighten it to what i felt looked right, put the cpu in , clamped it down then rechecked and the pin was broken, another one dead, i learnt something again tho, never try to straighten a bent pin / pins with the water block mount / threads still on the board, it impairs your hand movements and makes you make unneccessary movements to get around the threads that ultimately cause damage, , regardless of the broken pin i still feel there was a problem with the socket after replacement, with stupid cpuz voltage readings from the start, the cpu hadnt been out and it went from a 4.7 oc to 4.4 for no reason, and pete tried with it and 4.3, 4.4 was it, then it would start the boot recycle thing, f4 error came up, turn it off then it'd reboot, the cpu has been out twice since fitted originally, yesterday to check for condensation and thats when i bent them and didnt notice , then again this morning to find the damage id done, 2 pins straightened good, 1 looked a little sus, i thought it would be ok and didnt want to play with it anymore knowing how fragile they are, put the cpu back in, clamped it down then rechecked to find the sus pin broke off ....i fucking hate intel sockets and im not making excuses for my error but surely to christ 1 day intel will come up with a more robust socket design, im sure its be spoken about over the years by the multitudes of its flimsy piss weak design, as far as im concerned IMO, AMD leaves their socket design for dead, at least with AMD if you break a pin off a cpu, you can take 1 off a dead cpu, turn it upside down in the socket and have a more than 50% chance of it booting up , INTEL, forget it, usually its socket replacement unless the pins were only slightly bent like in the case of the dfi x48,straightened, but in the end with multiple cpu change for benching the pin / pins will end up breaking as is it did in the x48 also
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Jul 20, 2016 22:30:16 GMT -5
AMD uses the LGA design (pins in the socket) in some of their server sockets. It wouldnt surprise me if AM4 becomes LGA Intel wont be going away from the LGA design. But Intel still uses the PGA design on their Laptop CPU's but not many novices take them apart so there isnt a problem with broken CPU pins. Its better to damage a pin in a $1000 motherboard than snap a pin off a $4000 dollar CPU, some server CPUs cost more than that too, even the x6950 is $2500 Australian. I know what I would rather be replacing a $700 dollar Motherboard and not a $2500 dollar CPU.
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