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Bent Pins On Cpu, Helpp.

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counterfit

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i have a amd 64bit 2800+. it has like about 10 - 15 bent pins on it :/
how can i bend them back? will it work once they are back in place...?

can anyone help? any advice is much appreciated.
thanks guys

EDIT :
success. i got all the pins bent back and it fit, rather snuggly, into the slot. HOWEVER new question:: im unsure if this cpu was shorted out in its earlier setup... you think this is a risk popping into my current setup to test it? is there a chance that it could mess up other hardware?

THANKS AGAIN GUYS
 
counterfit said:
i have a amd 64bit 2800+. it has like about 10 - 15 bent pins on it :/
how can i bend them back? will it work once they are back in place...?

can anyone help? any advice is much appreciated.
thanks guys
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Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry carefully.

It can be done, I've done it, just take your time and be gentle.
 
I usually use a razor blade or a mechanical pencil (lead removed) to bend pins back. It'll work fine if you bend them back without breaking them off.
 
tdg said:
I usually use a razor blade or a mechanical pencil (lead removed) to bend pins back. It'll work fine if you bend them back without breaking them off.
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I use jewelers screw drivers.
 
tdg said:
I usually use a razor blade or a mechanical pencil (lead removed) to bend pins back. It'll work fine if you bend them back without breaking them off.
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yeah I used an empty mechanical pencil to bend my pins back on my 3200+ Venice. That was only 3 pins though. A razor might work quicker for more pins because you have to bend them one at a time with the pencil.
 
Yeah I use my box cutter to bend whole rows back into place. I've only had whole rows bent on Xeons though. Their retail box packaging sucks nuts.
 
Just make sure you bend them back right because too many bends and they will snap right off! Good luck!
 
I can second that a razor blade works wonders. I've used them before and it works great...though I wasn't bending them back into place, I was bending them a bunch so they'd snap off. :eek: CPU keychains are great. :cool:
 
i've used a slot cover, like for pci slots etc, nice, flat, can do whole rows, can make sure the pins are real straight, and chances are you won't overdo it...
 
DytrdrB said:
Go here:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=989181
and vote yes.
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LOL!!
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and OP, hope you get your CPU back man!! that sucks!
 
I bent a few on a 2800+ just a few weeks ago :) when I removed a XP90 and the chip came with it! Bent them back with a fine set of tweezers and the chip works perfectly.
 
Lol just the other day I ruined a prescott 3.4ghz cpu dropping it by accident with a zaleman pure copper heatsink ontop of it and crushed the pins. Tried bending them back and a few pins broke off uggg $$$$ down the drain was upsettting. This was for my girlfriends computer what I did is put a old 2.4c into her new setup and oc it she will never know the difference lol. Btw is there anyway to replace the pins ? Im sure there is basically what I am asking is whats the best way to do it... it was a nice prescott oc'ed 4.0 on air I should of never took it back out of the new motherboard to put a better thermal paste on it lol. Feedback appreciated I hate to make it into a key chain or something lol
 
Just use a credit card. Bends them back up, and keeps the rows in a straight line. And once they're close, try to put it in the socket (don't force it). Repeat until succesful.

Full Folding Ahead!

 
counterfit said:
you think this is a risk popping into my current setup to test it? is there a chance that it could mess up other hardware?
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as long as the cpu is going into the socket without force and has no bent pins you'll have nothing to worry about by putting it into another rig.... i dont know how a cpu can "short out" unless the back side of the socket on the back of the mobo is contacting the mobo tray
 
Shane said:
Lol just the other day I ruined a prescott 3.4ghz cpu dropping it by accident with a zaleman pure copper heatsink ontop of it and crushed the pins. Tried bending them back and a few pins broke off uggg $$$$ down the drain was upsettting. This was for my girlfriends computer what I did is put a old 2.4c into her new setup and oc it she will never know the difference lol. Btw is there anyway to replace the pins ? Im sure there is basically what I am asking is whats the best way to do it... it was a nice prescott oc'ed 4.0 on air I should of never took it back out of the new motherboard to put a better thermal paste on it lol. Feedback appreciated I hate to make it into a key chain or something lol
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With the soldering setup I had in the military it would be possible to resolder the pins, It would be an unholy bitch, but possibe.
 
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