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pointsouttheobvious9 t1_ixdylri wrote

this is it. bet he ignored a phone call that was like hey your motherboard is bad gotta replace it tested it with a known working cpu and same issues repair coat $150 to 300$ depending on what new motherboard you want is. he showed up and had to leave with it them and so they assemble is as fast as possible and forgot to swap the cpu back.

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System0verlord t1_ixe1nck wrote

As an IT guy, this is incredibly likely. I’d do the same thing to diagnose.

And I’ve had clients do this.

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Variable-moose t1_ixeue0s wrote

Also could be he never actually had a 7700k and thinks he did. Depends how tech savy he is.

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