Hi all, I would appreciate some advise please.
I've been saving up to finally upgrade my aging i7 920/Asus Rampage 2 setup.
I went for the MSI/i7 6700k/Corsair ram/H100i cooler bundle which I think is great value. I've even paid for Sat delivery as I'm so excited.
Everything went smoothly until I plugged the power in, there's nothing coming on. No LEDs and can't boot up. Looks to me like the board's dead. I've checked the PSU against old board and that light up fine.
I've now started the Returns query process, not sure how long that will take though?
Also, when removing all the components including the CPU I noticed that some of the pins on the mobo are bent. I can't tell for sure if there were bent before putting CPU in as everything went smoothly and I didn't take any pictures...
I'm pretty sure I couldn't have bent them as I was extra careful putting the CPU in.
What are the most likely outcome here? I'm currently thinking on buying another ASUS mobo as I want to complete the build as soon as I can without waiting for RMA process to complete. Is it possible just to refund the cost of the MSI mobo or perhaps I pay the difference towards the ASUS?