Hi!
First topic here so well, yea
I bought a x58A-UD3R with the famous "endless" reboot problem in the hope to fix it.
Things that i've already tried:
- Pull the baterry out for some minutes.
- Use 2 different PSU's.
- Use the GPU (750 Ti) on all PCI Express slots.
And still no change. The endless reboot it's still on.
Fact 1:I tried to remove the only RAM stick i'm testing with and the motherboard starts and keeps working but no video or either if i connect USB devices they dont work. The same happens if I put back the RAM on the slot and remove the CPU 4pin cable.
Fact 2:I found out by removing the CPU that the socket had some bent pins. 1 was a
Vcc one and the other was
Vss. Both of this pins were bent, i bent them back but they dont have their "heads" (??) that touch the CPU gold contacts. Later down the inspection i found another pin that was bent, that one i bent back to the original position but the body of the pin it's still deformed, as soon i checked the pinout that pins is labeled as "
QPI data".
Well, is this problem happening because of the socket or may be something else?
I will do my best to bring this board back to working status again. I have a multimeter so if it's needed to measure any voltages just tell me, i'm up to do them.
edit:
a close-up photo of the problematic pins
left pin is QPI data and the other 2 are Vcc and Vss
Thanks!