bent cpu pins :(

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please for the love of god tell me someone else experienced has done this T_T its almost degrading lol it happened to me on the most expensive processor i have ever owned and i hated my self it basically destroyed my entire confidence in pc building

it happened because i couldn't get the heat sink one which being basically glued to the heat sink via thermal paste got ripped out bending a bunch of pins

anyway i did read some good ways to attempt to rebend them in place and apprently isnt to bad as long as none break

but i just want to know for confidence sake this has happened to other builders T_T

whats even worse is i installed this exact processor in someone else's pc like 2 months ago
 
It's happened to me. I just bent them back into place and it was fine. Try using a credit card, or some sort of gift card (usually a bit thinner than credit cards) and slide it slowly through the grooves. If any are really bent you'll have to individually bend them back upright. As long as you're careful and don't snap any, I wouldn't worry too much. My CPU worked fine afterwards.

It's a bit tedious to do but you'll get there eventually, and it's a lot better than buying a new one.
 
Tension Head said:
It's happened to me. I just bent them back into place and it was fine. Try using a credit card, or some sort of gift card (usually a bit thinner than credit cards) and slide it slowly through the grooves. If any are really bent you'll have to individually bend them back upright. As long as you're careful and don't snap any, I wouldn't worry too much. My CPU worked fine afterwards.

It's a bit tedious to do but you'll get there eventually, and it's a lot better than buying a new one.
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lol indeed 220 dollar processor and i have 8 bucks in the bank so id rather fix it
 
Don't like all modern processors have pads instead of pins? Or is that just intel? I only ever buy intel these days.
 
reflex99 said:
Intel has pins, they are just in the socket, where they are near impossible to fix
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I thought it sounded like he meant pins on the cpu. But aren't the pins in the socket also near impossible to bend? I've never had an issue nor have I been overly careful to avoid it.
 
Use a razer blade to bend them back. I would suggest using a magnifying glass -- those reading lamps work really well. As long as you are careful you should be ok. Live and learn :(
 
I used a mechanical pencil before. Just take the lead out and slowly reposition it. Good luck buddy.
 
FreakingHell said:
I thought it sounded like he meant pins on the cpu. But aren't the pins in the socket also near impossible to bend? I've never had an issue nor have I been overly careful to avoid it.
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Yes, on their consumer CPUs, amd still uses PGA (pin grid array) meaning the Pins are on the CPU package.

Intel uses an LGA design, where the pins are in the socket.

It is pretty easy to avoid AMD pin bends too. Just make sure that you twist off the heatsink instead of just pulling it out. I have installed AMD CPUs quite a few times, and have not once bent a pin.

LGA does have it's advantages though. When i was taking off my pot from my i5 650, i accidentally forgot to let it un-freeze, and i accidentally pulled the i5 out of the socket, and then stupidly dropped it back in. Amazingly, no bent pins. This would have probably completely screwed over an AMD CPU.

Call me old school, but i much prefer PGA to LGA.
 
When I built this PC (First PC Build ever), I put the CPU in wrong, but because I always read that Zero Insertion Force will cause it to lock in place, I thought "Hey, I guess I just need to put the CPU fan on."

So I did. PC didn't boot. So I took it off and put it on again about 6 times, then I noticed I put the CPU in wrong.

Pins were bent =\

3 Days later I decided to try again for kicks (i'd sold my laptop for the parts so had no PC).

I inserted it at an angle and it dropped it and PC booted :)
 
Mike? said:
I used a mechanical pencil before. Just take the lead out and slowly reposition it. Good luck buddy.
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This!

I haven't bent any pins, but my brother has. He used a steak knife to bend them back in place lol
 
Mike? said:
I used a mechanical pencil before. Just take the lead out and slowly reposition it. Good luck buddy.
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+1 to Mike^3-that is the best way because it doesn't allow for any motion of the pin outside of the bending motion.. Good Luck.
 
Well thankfully i got them all back in place and my computer runs fine since it is what i am typing this from =P

I used a credit card and a knife and eventually got it to go back in
 
There's a video floating around youtube of Linus breaking a pin, setting it in the corresponding socket and the CPU functioning normally.

Best way IMO is to use a mechanical pencil.
 
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