A Hypothetical Question Regarding a Socket 939 Processor

[EvilRage]

And the resulting fall caused approximately 9 pins to bend... if those pins were reset to their original positions, using, say, a sewing needle or something to that effect... and the processor fit in the socket perfectly, without any pins breaking or bending... would one guess that the processor would not have a problem running?

 

[Shimmishim]

i've bent two pins before and it's beenfine.

a while back lots of people used to buy p4 processors from outpost and people received them with TONS of bent pins...

they'd use a credit card to bend them back and then overclock the crap out of them... and had no problems..

i think yu're fine as long as you don't break them when you bend them back.

 

[LTC8K6]

Be very careful. Try to get the pins bent straight on the first try. You do not want to bend them back and forth at all. They will break.

Try to find a tiny tube that will fit over the pin.

 

[EvilRage]

I'm not necessarily referring to a REAL situation btw. Key word: hypothetical

Hypothetically, the pins were all bent back correctly. None of them broke. Fit into the socket perfectly. It's a good thing that, hypothetically, when one removes this processor, one will install an FX-55, and one will be MUCH MORE CAREFUL with that processor.

 

[superkdogg]

One could hypothetically use a mechanical pencil with thin lead next time to provide the hypothetical narrow tube to hypothetically straighten their goof.

 

[EvilRage]

hypothetically, that could work.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: superkdogg
One could hypothetically use a mechanical pencil with thin lead next time to provide the hypothetical narrow tube to hypothetically straighten their goof.

What do you think .5mm???

 

[govtcheez75]

the first time I took of my heatsink on my first A64 processor, I didn't "wiggle" it loose, and when I pull it out, the chip was "stuck" to the heatsink! I freaked out, when I saw that I had also bend a few pins in the process. I bent them back, and never had any problems. I would worry more about the impact of the fall, rather than the bent pins.

 

[frootbooter]

Originally posted by: superkdogg
One could hypothetically use a mechanical pencil with thin lead next time to provide the hypothetical narrow tube to hypothetically straighten their goof.

That would be VERY hard (hypothetically). For one, the pencil's probably too thick, but that's not the hard part... the pins are hypothetically bent, so it'll be a bitch to get it on there without either bending more pins or breaking the hypothetically bent pin off. And, of course, you need a steady hand and a good eye.

But hey, this is hypothetical, so yeah, it'll work just fine

 

[SunSamurai]

Hypothetically, may I shoot one who would drop a FX55?

 

[hundesau]

Originally posted by: EvilRage
And the resulting fall caused approximately 9 pins to bend... if those pins were reset to their original positions, using, say, a sewing needle or something to that effect... and the processor fit in the socket perfectly, without any pins breaking or bending... would one guess that the processor would not have a problem running?

why not? the pins dont do any work, they just connecting.

 

[EvilRage]

Well, the computer in question hypothetically works now. W00T! Now just to run tests to make sure it's hypothetically stable... Anyone recommend? Prime95, Folding@Home... hmm... anything else?