Odd, bent CPU pin

[RS3RS]

Well, I took my CPU out of the socket to change thermal paste, and when I tried to put it back in the ZIF socket, something went rather wrong and about 10 of the pins got bent. I took a small itty-bitty screw driver and straightened all of them out, and that worked find, except for one pin twords the inside of the CPU. It looks as if the pin was completely bent against the CPU itself, laying down perfectly flat, and I couldn't get it to straighten out no matter how hard I tried. (It probably didn't help that the pins are so small I can barley see them )

Anyway, as a last resort, I just tried putting it back in the mobo and booting up... And, it seems to be working fine, prime95 stable, but with one pin not even in the socket.

I guess that means there's no problem, but still, it seems rather weird.

I'm just glad I didn't ruin my CPU like I thought I did

 

[KoZLop]

thats a good story

 

[pbXassassinX1524]

Is that sarcasm? I think it actually is a pretty good story, but why would intel put a pin on there that doesnt do anything.

 

[RS3RS]

Maybe it's the uber-secret pin to enable 300 ghZ processor speed and 512 bit computing with 128 way hyper threading that intel doesn't want us to know about

 

[Met-AL]

Kyle posted a while ago that a mechanical pencil works great for bending CPU pins back. Give that a try if you want to get that last pin back.

 

[Elledan]

Many of the pins on a CPU are ground pins, so if you're lucky enough (though not enough not to bend any pins), it was just a ground pin.

 

[TheMostWantedPolishTwin]

Originally posted by Elledan
Many of the pins on a CPU are ground pins, so if you're lucky enough (though not enough not to bend any pins), it was just a ground pin.

yeah... this one time I had an opportunity to buy a perfectly working PIII 1GHz, which was missing like 5 pins

 

[kovermours]

You pushed too hard on the ZIF, didn't you?

 

[diredesire]

Originally posted by kovermours
You pushed too hard on the ZIF, didn't you?

FYI: ZIF stands for 'zero insertion force'
if the chip don't fall into place, check it before pushing. ;D

 

[Dojo | Warlord]

Yea, if correctly lined up with the holes, the cpu should just "drop" into the socket.

 

[kovermours]

Originally posted by diredesire
FYI: ZIF stands for 'zero insertion force'
if the chip don't fall into place, check it before pushing. ;D

It's supposed to be "zero"... but while assembling a 3.0C one time, I really had to jam that sucker in. Jam it carefully, mind you. Nothing stuck in the holes, no bent pins, going in quite straight, but it wouldn't sit properly, or post. After leaning on it and hearing a small POP I clamped it down, put on the hsf, and it worked fine

 

[RS3RS]

Originally posted by kovermours
You pushed too hard on the ZIF, didn't you?

Yup. The HSF was originally stuck to the CPU, making it impossible to access the ZIF lever. The only way to take it out/put it in was to push/pull on the HSF

 

[diredesire]

Originally posted by RS3RS
Yup. The HSF was originally stuck to the CPU, making it impossible to access the ZIF lever. The only way to take it out/put it in was to push/pull on the HSF

warm it up (run it for ~5 mins). Shut down, twist a little on the heatsink (this is harder than it sounds at times) to break the seal and lift. Shoudl help out for future reference.

 

[RS3RS]

Originally posted by diredesire
warm it up (run it for ~5 mins). Shut down, twist a little on the heatsink (this is harder than it sounds at times) to break the seal and lift. Shoudl help out for future reference.

Thanks, I'll try that. I gave up on trying to get the HSF off once I noticed the bent pins, but I still want to change heatsinks sometime soon.

 

[alex_bgnet]

I hope its not one of the data stream pins, u could be getting errors, like the alu'd give u wrong results and shit
but looks like ure doing fine
happy 4 u

 

[diredesire]

Originally posted by RS3RS
Thanks, I'll try that. I gave up on trying to get the HSF off once I noticed the bent pins, but I still want to change heatsinks sometime soon.

n/p, you can try a hair dryer... except just be caerful for static charge

If you're daring, you can use a flat headed screw driver, and CAREFULLY pry the chip off (some people use too much force and the chip goes flying). This IMO is a last resort, i've always been able to slide my processor off/break the seal. At least you know you're getting good contact ;D

My bad experiences come with ceramique too bad it's a GREAT tim ;D