Okay so I bent my socket pins on a Asus TUF Z60 installing the contact fram the wrong way and when picking it up the cpu lifted and dropped into the socker I bent the pins back but getting BSOD system thread exception when trying to install windows updated on a fresh windows install to make sure its not the windows
Is the cpu damaged or should I just get a new motherboard
https://photos.app.goo.gl/skPVUXfk5MzYvZpb6
Also ran cinebench r23 for 30min for stability and prime95 for around 30min and now BSOD only when booting up
An improperly tensioned contact frame can also cause instability.
Yeah this might be a problem since the contact frame doesn’t have a tensioning mechanism other than just tightly fastening the bolts, so the required pressure force is left for the heatsink mounting mechanism - both of which must result in quite uneven pressure on the pins especially with air heatsinks with only 2 mounting points mounted on vertical boards. I plan to use spring washers under the contact frame bolts for this reason