bent pin = dead cpu? help

[blipblop]

well so my VNF4 decided to take a dump yday and i'm going to RMA it. while removing the heatsink i noticed that my freaking chip was stuck on the bottome of it... remember that I didn't have a chance to move the lever to make the chip loose... so here goes.. is my 3000+ winny screwed? I won't get the board back from newegg for probably a week... i hope it isn't =(

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I have bent pins myself, takes a bit to get those tiny suckers back to the proper alignment, but the CPUs always run perfectly afterwards.

 

[Pabster]

Yeah, just be careful. Hopefully it is only one or two pins that are out of alignment. If it is more than that you're in for some fun

 

[fbrdphreak]

Second what those two said

Get yourself a small pair of needlenose pliers or small tweezers or even a small precision flathead screwdriver. Depending on how many pins & where they are, one of those tools will work nicely. Just take your time and BE GENTLE. If you bend the pins back and forth too much you may snap one off :Q

 

[SamzAthlon]

haha...bent pins...that happened to me once with my old P4 chip.

Before knowing the heat sink was stuck to the chip, I had already pulled the whole thing out, mind you w/o touching the lever, convinced I had fked the socket badly. I then proceeded to hammer the chip on the edges alongside the heat sink using a hammer and tiny flat-tipped screwdriver. I had to take the chip out cus I couldnt put it back in. So, 2 or 3 hard knocks the chip fell out and dropped down from the desk into my toolbox full of rusty nails and who knows what. At this point all hopes had ended. When I took the chip out most of the pins were bent. I then used my micro flat tipped screwdriver to properly align the pins. I prolly spent an hour aligning those pins but in the end with close precision the chip fit into the socket like a glove. Put the sink back on with new thermal paste, and to my amazement that p4 came back into life.

So the moral of the story is, if you think the sink is jammed, never pull it out. Prime95 your system for a bit then proceed my rotating the sink rather than pulling on it. Once you feel its nice and loose, slowly pull it out and you wont hurt the chip.

Now I got a amd 64 venice which I treat with great care. Its my little hoe.

 

[AkumaX]

Check out the "Missing Pin" thread