Unfortunately nothing changed even after reassembling the PC. We're just going to take it to a local PC shop since they have more tools on hand to diagnose the problem. Thanks for your help, though!
onlooker
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That's super useful information, much appreciated. MSI motherboard actually. I'll ask my friend when he last updated the BIOS, if at all.
That's very kind of you, thank you. I'm actually meeting with my friend again tomorrow. We'll try re-assembling everything and see what happens.
Unless that thing shorted and heated up so much that it melted the solder, in this case I’m not sure there’s any extra harm in putting it back in the socket. I usually wouldn’t advise this but if it was gonna cause extra damage it’s probably already done.
Fair point. I'm probably not going to experiment too much. I was just curious about the silver blob, because I've never seen this before. If I can't find any obvious faults, I'll just advise my friend to take his PC to a repair shop or something.
We can cross that out, then. The lump is solid like a little metal bearing.
Yeah, it's solid. I tried poking it a little as soon as I noticed it.
Yeah, that's the weird part. We were playing online without issue just a few weeks ago. His PC only died sometime last week.
Nah, he doesn't own a soldering iron. So, it's safe to say that I shouldn't put this back in the motherboard, yeah? It still does fit in the socket, but I'm worried it'll cause more damage when we turn on the PC.
New. He bought it last summer in August, so it should still be under warranty. Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I've never seen this, so I kind of don't want to put it back in the motherboard for fear of causing further damage.
Honestly no clue to both questions. So, it's a defect from the factory then?
Wow, that reply was super fast. That was my first thought, but my friend doesn't know how to solder and doesn't own a soldering iron. Is it possible it was like this from the factory?
That's fair. Though I still do believe you since everything you said seems completely plausible. I'm skimming through GN's videos right now, but there are loooooads. Hopefully I'll find it eventually, because I really am curious. In any case, my friend and I decided to start the RMA process as suggested in your other comment, because if nothing else, the CPU looks really dodgy. Thank you for your time and insight!