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bent pins on cpu?

polypterus

polypterus

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Okay this is only the 2nd CPU I've ever installed, so tell me if this is common. On a socket A Tbird one side of the chip wouldn't fit into the socket. I tried it a couple of times and only one side would fall in. I took it out and looked at it and noticed that 3 or 4 pins on the last row on one side were bent just a tad. I straightened them up with my fingernail and it then it fit into the socket okay. I haven't tried it yet, I think it should be okay, I didn't have to bend it very much... but is this common? The CPU is OEM btw...

dc
 
I've bought OEM CPUs that had a few pins bent, and I bent them back with my fingernail just like you did. They work just fine.

This is not very common, but it occurs with OEM CPUs depending on the vendors carefulness in handling/packaging the CPU.
 
I bought an OEM duron 750 and it fell out of the plastic protector in transit so it got some pins bent.
I bent them back, that duron is happily running at 1Ghz at 1.7V
No negative effects that I can see 😎

Just dont' bend them around too much...gold is soft, and if you break one off you are hooped.
 
I don't think ppl will have a problem bending them back. The trouble is zapping your CPU.

Be grounded. Well grounded...
 
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