P4 3.0c pin broke

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Shieze

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Is there anyway to fix this? Was thinking of soldering the pin back on but the pin is lost. It is a friends pc that this happened too, we removed the heatsink and the cpu was stuck to the bottom of it.

We had used AS5 to put it on, well after everything turns out we snapped one pin. Can we send this to Intel to fix it (for a cost or whatever)?
 
There's a website were a guy sifxes them for a small fee, I forget what the url is. You could try it, it may be a useless pin, (ground?).
 
locate the pin that is missing, then look up the .pdf spec sheet on intel's website. They'll have a listing of what all the pins do (well, their names anyway). figure out which ping it was, then ask on the forums....I'm sure someone would be able to tell you if it's needed or it could work without it.
 
It wouldn't boot correctly without the pin. It would post and then give some error saying the processor is unworkable.
 
this is a pain in the ass method, but find a thin piece of wire, and stick it in the corresponding hole in the socket. Make sure the wire is the perfect length where it JUST sticks out of the hole. If it's too long, it might get squished and short another pin inside the socket. If it's too short, obviously it wont' make contact... Just a tip, good luck!
 
Try resetting the CMOS. I have 3 broken pins on my 2.66B from one time it got the HSF stuck onto it and ripped out of the socket. Still chugging away to this day :)
 
has everyone that has had a pin break off from pulling the hsf off and the chip sticks to it tried to pull the hsf off whit it's hot??

I've only had my hsf about a dozen times or so and only once had the cpu stick to it (I've used both the generic radio smack paste and AS Ceramique)...and luckily no pins broke. That one time I had it happen, the hsf wasn't very warm at all. All the other times I pulled the hsf I had been using the pc for a good couple hours and it was quit warm.


just curious if a cold hsf could be part of the problem.
 
Ive soldered a pin from a P133 .. i know those pins are HUGE compared to the P4's

But still if you'd prepare yourself,, no shaky hands etc. you can solder it!
 
Seems like my processor always comes out with the HSF. I've never had any pins break off. Maybe my socket is weak.
 
My 2.4C, 3.2C always seem to get pulled out too when removing my heatsink. I try to warm the cpu up before removing the heatsink but that only marginally helps.

I used the wire trick discussed above on a friend's computer. We used a small piece of copper wire that hung just slgihtly over the top of the socket. Works fine for him.

Goodluck on whatever you choose to do!
 
The P4 heatspreader is slightly concave. When you clamp down the heatsink it gets flattened out.

When you take the pressure off the heatsink, the heatspreader wants to flex back how it was. If your thermal paste is well applied, no air can get back into that concavity and you end up with a vacuum. The CPU sticks to the heatsink like a suction cup.

Before lifting the heatsink off, if you twist the heatsink and pull it to the side a bit, you'll break the thermal paste seal. No seal, no vacuum/suction, no pulling the CPU out of the socket and breaking pins.
 
I think I would be afraid to twist it, this processor was not coming off. It took basically a screwdriver pressed on the IHS and quite a bit of force to break that seal.

I will talk to my friend tonight and see what he wants to try and do with it.
 
Yup we reset the cmos jumper and still says cpu unworkable, we tried putting a wire to connect but no go, we are going to try again.
 
Originally posted by HeThatKnows
The P4 heatspreader is slightly concave. When you clamp down the heatsink it gets flattened out.

When you take the pressure off the heatsink, the heatspreader wants to flex back how it was. If your thermal paste is well applied, no air can get back into that concavity and you end up with a vacuum. The CPU sticks to the heatsink like a suction cup.

Before lifting the heatsink off, if you twist the heatsink and pull it to the side a bit, you'll break the thermal paste seal. No seal, no vacuum/suction, no pulling the CPU out of the socket and breaking pins.
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I use that method too and I have never broken pins on a CPU.
 
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