after i finished putting together a recently built pc...i turn it on, 2 seconds later, it turns off, 2 seconds later..it turns on, 2 seconds later...it turns off. this process repeats over and over and does not stop. i have never seen this before. i think its a pin on the mobo that is causing it. i have 2 pictures for you to see, i have tried bending the pin back myself, but its proven to be difficult for me to do. i have done it before, but i cannot do it with these. this is an LGA775 socket. i am unsure if i have caused this when mounting the basic heatsink/fan unit on the cpu. i did struggle with mounting, i have never mounted a basic one before, its always been one that is 3rd party, like scythe or what have u. i didnt SPECIFCIALLY if the pins were all fine. but i know i seen it obviously while i took the plastic piece of the socket, and before mounting the heatsink/fan. so yeah...i have already RMA'ed the mother board, because i cannot fix this pin, and obviously the computer will not work with this pin like this. when i glide my fingers over the pins slightly and softly, this pin literally pokes my finger , its like above the other pins, i dunno how it got like that. so what im asking is... ( sorry for the long explanation ) do u guys think this is why the pc was turning off and on ever 2 seconds? i had the board outside the case and hooked everything up. while it was doing this, i noted the behavior of the pc. the cpu fan came on for the 2 seconds, the psu fan came on, and the led came on from power. spin, stop, spin stop, perfectly in sync with the pc turning on and off. i disconnected one component at a time after flipping the switch on the psu. first one stick of ram, then another stick, same. dvd rom, same, hard drive, same. nothing else to try. i am convinced its the pin that is shorting something. i will be recieving a replacement board soon. any help from you guys i would love , be sure to tell me what u think about the pictures. thx
Yeah, bent pins are bad news. Those pins there are the equivalent of having the pins on the processor itself, they are not suppose to be touched.
