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Absolutely Ridiculous

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Limp Gawd
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holy fucking shit.

Today my new motherboard came in which was the Albatron PX915P4C Pro and after installing it the video would not appear. After trying several things and researching on the problem i have come to believe that i got a faulty mobo.

After removing the board i removed the cpu last. As i was lifting the leaver the socket broke with my cpu stuck inside :eek: :eek:(btw i was lifing it really slow and it jammed)

My cpu was a p4 3ghz prescott and i was scared shitless while being extremely mad at the same time.

Somhow the socket broke off and i was able to get my cpu out without any damage.

Do you guys think i can rma this and is any of this my fault?
 
is the cpu damaged at all??? bent pins ect???

i dont see why you shouldnt rma the mobo...

thore
 
USUAllt the companies are so big they cant be bothered to bitch about the one mobo, and will send you one whatever killed it...
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ok i have calmed down enough to take a picture of what happened



cpu socket broke like it was made of paper
 
Send it back (newegg?). You'll get a new one faster from the retailer than from Albatron.
 
I wonder if he installed the CPU incorrectly, and tried to force the socket closed? That is a strange place for the socket to break without being forced. It could be designed that way to prevent the CPU from getting damaged, like crumple zones in a car.


...or it could just be a total p.o.s. who knows. :p
 
AppaYipYip said:
I wonder if he installed the CPU incorrectly, and tried to force the socket closed? That is a strange place for the socket to break without being forced. It could be designed that way to prevent the CPU from getting damaged, like crumple zones in a car.


...or it could just be a total p.o.s. who knows. :p
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Nah the socket closed smoothly when i installed the cpu but when i went to remove it i noticed that the top of the socket just broke and after moving the leaver up the whole thing came out
 
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