[Gllug] [OT] How can I tell if I've just trashed the mobo/CPU

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 08 Sep, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> 
> Trying to build a PC from scratch, for the first time.
> 
> Believe I have just trashed the CPU and it's housing (think I've broken
> a pin off which is now lodged there) - though CPU will fit in.

   Unusual, they are normally soft and bend if you try to force them, and
can be straightened. You have tried releasing the clamp, tipping upside down
and shaking the motherboard?

> 
> Could I get any output at all with a broken CPU - presumably even the
> POST/BIOS needs a CPU? 
> 
  You are likely to get nothing (except perhaps smoke if VERY unlucky).

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Chris Bell

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