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OMFG I'm such an idiot, I sent the motherboard back with the Corsair CPU cooler backplate and standoffs. *Facepalm*

Thanks for your help throughout this kerfuffle :) I will update this thread once I hear back from Gigabyte's assessment of things.

So I contacted Gigabyte UK and they said they will replace the whole motherboard as it has been less than 7 days from the date of purchase, however their warranty cover isn’t global so I’ll have to send the motherboard to Gigabyte US to get it replaced. Luckily my gf is going back to the US next...

Thanks for the input @Journey appreciated. I have now bought an internal USB 2.0 expansion card to connect all my USB peripherals to the board. Regarding the 4-pin, you're right and I think I can route one from my PSU to have all ATX connectors supplied with power. It is a little strange however...

While we are at it, I'd be thankful if someone can answer a couple of questions: The motherboard's manual says there are 3 no. ATX connectors on the motherboard and I connected the 24 and 8 pin but left the 4 pin unattached (4 pin is right next to 8 pin). In fact there are no 4-pin connectors...

On Gigabyte's warranty website it says "Please contact the location where the original order was placed." and that is the US. Even shipping to the US is going to cost me £50 with no guarantee of them doing anything. Do Gigabyte have an office in the UK I could contact them? Honestly I've tried...

I spent around 4 hours this morning trying to fix them. While I was relatively successful on re-positioning most of the pins, unfortunately a couple of them were not just bent from the base but actually distorted and buckled and I can't really fix those. For the love of me I don't understand...

Thanks for your advice guys. I'll get a 5X magnifying glass and use some syringe needles to try to resurrect the pins tomorrow. Will update this thread agains.

Unfortunately I've got this mobo from the US as it was/is not available in the UK yet. So there fly my chances for a possible return. The box wasn't sealed at all btw, the anti-static bag that it came with only had a standard 'sellotape' like adhesive tape on it. I was quite surprised at this...

I didn't inspect it as in my life I've never come across this issue. I did place it in the socket gently and exactly parallel. I'm not saying there is no chance I have damaged it but I used utmost care when installing the CPU. Since I haven't completely given up...I'm going to try to boot the...

I've literally just bought this though...is this a common issue? :(

Mobo pins..........................

CPU pins:

This is how it looks like at the moment. I aligned the bottom left triangle with the socket etc. How does it look?

:( System as follows: Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processor Gigabyte Z390 Designare Corsair Hydro Series™ H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 DRAM 4266MHz C19 Memory Kit Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB SATA III 2.5 inch Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB Internal SSD - M.2...

I use Reaper and Ableton Live but the latter is mainly used on my Macbook Pro for live usage. Anything studio-wise is done in Reaper almost exclusively.

Interesting thought, however I hardly use my 8GB as it is. This is because I use a lot of synths and effects. These plugins do need a lot of processing power but hardly use any memory. On the other hand for someone who would use samples frequently (I'm talking huge, 500 GB libraries) would need...

Perhaps a 500GB M.2 for OS plus 2 1GB SSD drives for everything else?