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Installed a Ryzen 7 5700G processor to a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-HD3 motherboard. Plugged computer back in, hit power button. Computer powered on but no video output. Double-checked cables, then started Googling. Apparently this is commonly a result of an out-of-date BIOS. Got the latest BIOS update on a flash drive with my roommate's assistance, then went to put the old processor (a Ryzen 5 1500X) back in so that I could run the system BIOS and flash the update, at which point I learned that I accidentally bent several of the pins when removing it. Tried to seat the processor out of a sense of wishful thinking, and sure enough, no number of attempts would get the computer to turn on with it inside.

So, in short: I have a new processor my motherboard doesn't recognize, an old processor it does recognize but is now broken, and a BIOS update that would presumably let it recognize the new processor but that I can't install without a working processor. I've read that some Gigabyte motherboards support loading BIOS updates from a flash drive without a processor, but as far as I can tell, the GA-AB350M-HD3 isn't one of them. Not sure what I'm supposed to do here. I could order another Ryzen 5 1500X, but 1) that costs money and 2) I'd have to wait for it to arrive.

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[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

you can just bend the pins back. look up tutorials on youtube, it's not as scary as it sounds. one thing to consider; it already doesn't work. you can't make it not-work more so may as well try.

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I tried that with mine but ended up fucking up even more pins :(

[-] godlessworm@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

rippp its always a possibility. but you didnt really fuck it up more if it was already in a state where bent pins stop it from working

[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Oh hey that's exactly what happened to me agony-shivering

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

sorry to hear it :( shit sucks ass

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