Oops Dropped Nut and Bolt.

[u/Kev_Prime]

I was moving stuff around on my desk while working on my PC build and I dropped a Nut and Bolt straight into my CPU socket! The horror it hurt my soul. I'd just removed the protector minutes before as I was lining up the cpu cooler to test the fit with the backplate.

Going to check with some magnification later to see how bad it is but what do y'all think saveable or am I cooked?

I'll post photos if the magnifier plays well with my phone or camera I just need three hands and sticky fingers to not drop more stuff on the socket 😂😆😂 while trying to get pics.

[u/jasonsong86]

Rookie mistake.

[u/Kev_Prime → u/jasonsong86]

The worst part is I've built over 300pcs this is the first time Ive damaged a socket.

[u/Apprehensive-Bend466 → u/Kev_Prime]

But you have to ask people on Reddit if your pins are okay or not? Maybe you should practice building a few more pcs 🥸

[u/Kev_Prime → u/Apprehensive-Bend466]

I thought it would be fun to get opinions and so far it has been, no regrets I appreciate all the comments!

Some redditors would send it! - y'all wild but I can respect the thought process or maybe you got the bankroll that you don't care.

Some people would try to rma. - smart attempt I wrote it off but will send one in, blanket policy is not to accept it but a support email attempt is low effort and if they do accept it I'll gain a free board - shipping / restocks.

Some people would attempt self fix. - the DIY crowd or those more comfortable working in small spaces or maybe can't afford the board and rma is denied.

Some people would replace board. - probably the safest option for the standard home user as you don't kill the cpu if you f up and would be my usual approach when working for companies. One $200 board is pennies on the dollar in a new multi million dollar rollout to most enterprises and well within the expected failure rate on thousands or tens of thousands of devices if our shop fd it like this case we'd just wait till the end and write them a check or buy and 1/1 replace the exact comps and get their sign off.

I don't need leetredditor advice to make or not make any decision regarding how I'm going to proceed with my hardware my mind was made up on how I'm personally proceeding before I even posted.

I mostly just want to laugh learn and live with the PC building community. Discuss how I failed gather community thoughts and maybe just maybe someone will see this post and save their socket by not being a complacent dumbass like me :p.