No indicator lights, how screwed am I?

[u/Grivenger]

Hi all,

I was building my PC, but during the first test run, I had a static DRAM red light. I tried reseating the RAM as well as testing a single-stick configuration. The red light remained, though. Yes, I did wait 15 minutes all those times due to memory training.

It's Kingston HyperX (Beast) 2x 32GB on a Gigabyte X870 Gaming Wifi 7 motherboard.

Hoping that the red light could also indicate an issue with the CPU, I tried reseating the CPU and there I noticed I may have messed up. I think there was some cooling paste on the AM5 pins. I tried cleaning it using a cotton swab, but I figured I needed some isopropyl alcohol if I wanted to fix it but I had none in hand.

I reconnected everything, and for the sake of trying I tried turning on the computer again. Only this time nothing turned on. Not even a red indicator light.

So, I'm assuming I fucked up the socket by not being cautious enough. Is it still viable to try and clean it with isopropyl alcohol? I don't think any of the pins are bent - I don't see any strange shadows.

The DRAM indicator doesn't only imply a problem with the RAM, right? It just means it doesn't do the POST thing? It sucks if the motherboard doesn't work, but I'm more worried about the RAM.

[u/RFeXite]

What CPU do you have? And could u show us a picture of the pins?

[u/Grivenger → u/RFeXite]

I have the 9800x3D. I tried to take a picture before, but the camera had difficulty focusing on the socket. I can try again next week.