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I don't have your board but since you aren't getting replies I'll throw some ideas out. What have you tried so far? Have you removed the CPU and inspected the socket for bent pins? Any thermal paste in the socket? Etc.
It looks like you have it outside a case so I wouldn't expect any weird shorting issues. That's a start.
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