I need help..with 4200+ X2

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I got an Athlon 4200+ X2 out of Ebay and the damm guy put it in a USPS envelope without any care and a lot of pin bent down. I ve been trying to fix it but it is hard to strength 'm back again. Do I have any hope to fix this? it wil work again after messing around with the pins....

I know Ebay sucks big time , but I new in the forum and I can buy here....

thanks
 
i would email the guy.. and tell him you want your money back and return shipping paid.. because quite frankly thats BS.. and if the guy doesnt.. then take it to ebay and paypal and get your money back.. just leave the processor alone for now and dont break any of the pins off so you can use it as evidence.. because its a waste of time to try and bend all the pins back at this point..
 
if it is one or two pins you have a chance. any more and it is a lost cause.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
i would email the guy.. and tell him you want your money back and return shipping paid.. because quite frankly thats BS.. and if the guy doesnt.. then take it to ebay and paypal and get your money back.. just leave the processor alone for now and dont break any of the pins off so you can use it as evidence.. because its a waste of time to try and bend all the pins back at this point..
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Agreed.
 
i took pics of the cpu, and I m ready to send them, but its true It a lost cause I can be there forever. He wrap the cpu with tape and drop it in the envelope like that.
 
post the pictures of the cpu on here.. let us see it first.. then we can say if its salvageable or not..
 
Urgh... seriously couldn't the seller put a bit more effort in the shipping.

I also had a seller send me a couple of AMD CPUs inside a ziplock baggie with a very lightly padded envelop. It arrived with a number of bent pins.

In the end it was too much of a hassle to buy some OEM cpu casings and send them back.

Post up pics OP to see if you can save your CPU. I manage to save mine but I wasn't too thrill about keeping them.
 
Yep, I must say sounds like a pretty crappy deal. You think that being sold not given away they would be a little more careful. Yet, I gotta say I've had similar circumstances with the Egg packing OEM processors poorly. In both incidences the plastic shell was not secured in any fashion and came open in the shipping box (just one little piece of scotch tape would have done the job). The first had a couple of bent pin the second had about five. I didn't RMA them what I did was take a mechanical pencil without the lead and slipped the sleeved end over the pins and straighten them. It worked well the last one is still running in my backup rig. So if the pins are not damaged or bent all to h-ll, you might try this.
 
That's a lost cause. When we get those from customers, then it really is a matter of how stupid "you" think we are or how honest you are.
 
Just plain nasty...

Let us know how that seller is going to handle the situation.
 
I've had to unbend 3-4 pins before and the proccessor worked.

If you got no other options you could try a razor blade (to pry them up in line with each other) and some fine needle nose pliers.

good luck.
 
from what i can tell in the picture.. the amount of pins bent.. its just a waste of time.. and please let us know what the seller does.. otherwise ill talk to my contacts at ebay and see what can be done..


ps. get a better camera or stop shaking.. :p lol
 
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