You say the pins were bent? How many and where?
Honestly, I'd say Mobo at this point. I had one shipped once with 6 pins bent and it wouldn't boot, but the chip was fine. Straightening doesn't always work.
Also,sorry for all the edits. Make sure when you move the arm, you are locking into place and moving it the way it is meant to be moved. And of course, make sure the chip is facing the right direction.
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You need to provide more info.
What led you to open the case to even notice that it was 'wiggly' in the socket or whatever. And so on.
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ok so i went to re- apply the thermal paste (IDK WHY I EVER TOOK OFF THE CPU IN THE FIRST PLACE)
then i put the cpu back in (not noticing that the arrow was facing the wrong direction)
so i put the heat sink on and noticed the pc was not displaying and took out the cpu to have a look and realized they were bent and set in the wrong way
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Yea, this explanation make me really think you screwed up the Mobo because you put it in wrong, then closed it.
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So you seated the CPU wrong (and bent the pins) AND tried to power on the computer afterward?
Sounds like you got fatal hardware issues.
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So this happened to a friend when they were building their first PC. They hastily tried to throw it all together, and put the CPU in wrong, bent the pins, couldn't get it to post, tried to straighten (and did a pretty good job), but ultimately had to call me. We got a new Mobo first, since that was the issue, hooked that up to the PSU and CPU first, and voila, it posted. In their case, the arm still worked, it sounds like maybe you bent it out of shape or something when you essentially forced the CPU in there.
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Try to get a new Mobo (or if you have a spare one lying around try the CPU in there) and see if it will post. Next time be very careful, pins don't like to be moved.
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Yep, unfortunately, even if they look straight, they can be damaged
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i have one more thing to mention and i feel very ashamed to mention this cause i am a very BIG newb
i have ... thermal paste... around the cpu socket and on the cpu board (on the side of the pins but on one side cuase i didnt know how much to put but its not on the top only on the very low sides of one side)
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Oh. Not good. Try to keep it clean, wipe it off with something static free. Try to keep the paste only on the top and use a very small amount (biggest like a pea)
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90% alcohol and a microfiber cloth. Or even coffee filters.
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Rubbing alcohol can be used to remove thermal paste, but be sure to use something static free (and that won't leave residue) to wipe it. If you would like to try to straighten bent pins, I recommend using a credit card (or ID or something like that) to straighten one row at a time. I had to fix my brother's CPU that way, and it managed to work just fine afterward somehow.
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Yes, this can work sometimes. Kind-of based on luck.
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You are just cleaning off the CPU? There shouldn't be any real issue, but you always want to go slowly and gently.
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You can get oil from your fingers on them. Just use a card to straighten and hold edges while wiping the top. You can put it on a static free surface and wipe it down, but if there's paste between the pins you might want something like a small plastic rod to carefully scrape it away (after applying rubbing alcohol to soften it up) while holding it pin side up. Again, make sure it's static free and doesn't leave residue like fibers.
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The less pure the alcohol is the more it'll leave a residue and the more impurities it'll have.
That said, ages ago, the only time I ever cleaned paste off a CPU I used the rubbing alcohol that I had and I assure you it probably was just 50% or 70%, because that's what's commonly sold. I doubt I had 91% or the knowledge/fear to not use 70%.
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Yep, I have it at my house (roommate works somewhere where it is easily accessible) But I know when I cleaned a friends all they had was 70.
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I used 70% in the past and it was fine. Just make sure that the only other component is distilled or purified water, and even 50% should be fine. The issue is if it's adulterated, or uses tap water, because those will cause mineral buildup.
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