Bent socket pin

[mart21har]

Hi guys, i have a gigabyte x58a-ud3r mobo
I took off the cooler and cpu and found what looked like it was a bent pin.. I took a high res photo and the pins in suspect are the ones indicated by the red arrow.. any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[corkyg]

First aid for a bent pin is critical. One way is to use a mechanical pencil with the lead removed. This gives you a small hole that can accomodate a pin. Slip it over the bent pint and very gently straighten it.

 

[playah]

First aid for a bent pin is critical. One way is to use a mechanical pencil with the lead removed. This gives you a small hole that can accomodate a pin. Slip it over the bent pint and very gently straighten it.

That may work for a cpu with pins but on these LGA sockets it's not my go to tool, I picked up a jewelers headset cheap on Ebay and use a slim blade exacto knife or a probe with a long thin needle set in a handle.
You have to carefully manipulate the pin back in place slowly, go to fast and you risk breaking it, I've repaired 10-12 mb's at least

 

[corkyg]

Also good - and a thin brass pipette can also work. BTW, OP's question was specifically about pins on the CPU. Whatever tool is used, you are right about doing it slowly.

 

[playah]

Also good - and a thin brass pipette can also work. BTW, OP's question was specifically about pins on the CPU. Whatever tool is used, you are right about doing it slowly.

I believe he is referring to bent pins on a x58a-ud3r mobo, since there are no pins on 1336 cpu, correct me if I'm wrong please.

 

[corkyg]

He took off the cooler and cpu, and the photo speaks for itself. The photo shows CPU pins. The mobo receptacle is normally female.

 

[Lanyap]

That may work for a cpu with pins but on these LGA sockets it's not my go to tool, I picked up a jewelers headset cheap on Ebay and use a slim blade exacto knife or a probe with a long thin needle set in a handle.
You have to carefully manipulate the pin back in place slowly, go to fast and you risk breaking it, I've repaired 10-12 mb's at least

This seems to be the best bet for socket 1366 bent pins. You may find some pointers here:
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=3ece4bbf7ce578bb

The older setup where the pins were on the CPU were easier to fix.