Why the processor's legs were bent.

   One fine day my friend called me with the problem: the computer does not start.

   And what? I asked: "It just stopped so for no reason, did not it?

   “No, we have vacuumed, inserted the processor...

Why the processor's legs were bent.

   One fine day my friend called me with the problem: the computer does not start.

   And what? I asked: "It just stopped so for no reason, did not it?

   “No, we have vacuumed, inserted the processor back, but it did not start.”

   Well, I will need to come and take a look at it because quite difficult to diagnose at a distance.

   When I came I pulled out heat sink and was surprised, because it went out together with processor. The processor looked like it was integrated with the heat sink.

   The reason of failure became immediately clear. I just called back to client and checked out my guesses with the client. That was right, over time, thermal paste became like a hard glue and the processor is simply stuck to the heat sink. I pulled it out in such a state without damaging, but to put it back in such a state - no way.

   The client, had not any experience and knowledge about that. Probably he thought that the heat sink and the processor were monolithic assembly and tried to put the processor back into the socket all together with the heat sink.

   As a result, the CPU legs were bent and some were short-circuited, that subsequently could lead to failure of the processor or the CPU power circuit or something like that.

   After leveling legs, the computer though did not started. As a result the motherboard and the CPU had to be replaced.

   Well, we know right now, that might be worse if do repair with no experience in this. It would be cheaper to pay for the professional repair.