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Sadly, you need to roll back your CPU to check your logic board. I suspect you either have a bad chip or in the process you damaged one of the socket pins or lastly, mis-aligned the chip.
I’m also having a similar issue, but I’m upgrading from a 7700K to 9900K. macOS DOES recognize it as a processor since it’s the same processor in their 2019 iMac, but I can’t get it to boot. I’m going to run some experiments and see if it’s the pins on the socket itself.
Hi, I’ve already f**** up 2 CPU’s because of that stupid spring. An i7-7700k and the original CPU. How bent were the CPU’s and can you still use them, even if they are slightly bent? Not looking forward at playing another 200-300 bucks. Thanks in advance. -Alwin
