Story short.. Got scammed online, so now I'm left with an empty wallet and a DOA Xeon. My PC will boot with it in the socket, and I can get into the UEFI/BIOS and see the specifications, core count, clock speeds, cache etc. But that's as far as it goes, the PC will restart just after POST (will not boot into the OS, or even start to load it), and when booting from USB/external drive it just freezes.
The CPU is a bit beat up, as you can see in the first picture - nicks, dents and scratches - which devil would do such a thing?!?! Two potential issues after examining the CPU under my crappy USB microscope:
1. Could those traces be torn/open? Anyone know what are are for? Decoupling?
2. Could the pins in my socket not make proper contact with either or those two pads?
How would I even go about fixing something like this? It's tiny, and my crappy microscope is of no help.. Anyone know if the pinout is available for these things?