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Bent socket pin

mart21har

mart21har

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