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Broken cpu socket pin

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Daedie

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Hey,

I'm sorry for making my first post a new thread. But I'm in a bit of a bind and need some urgent advice. 🙂

Long story short. On friday I decided I wanted to try and replace the thermal paste on my i5 3570k + Scythe Mugen 2 cause my OC was running a little hotter than I hoped it would. In the process of doing this, some thermal paste (the one that was already on the cpu) spilled into my socket and by trying to remove it several pins were bent and 1 was broken (don't ask 😛). Eventually, I was able to clean most of the goop and bend the bent spring back in their place (I estimate with a 95 - 99% accuracy). There is still a little bit of paste on the bottom and on the "legs" of the pins.

After fixing the socket as best I could, I put my PC back together and it seems to be doing just fine. I have been stress testing and game testing it ever since and it's behavior seems identical to before. It was clocked at 4.5 ghz using 1.2 volt. The voltages at idle (1600 mhz) and at load look identical as before. Haven't had any unexpected behavior as far as I can tell. edit: The only thing I've noticed is the cpu running 1 - 2° warmer than before, but this can easily be attributed to the new AS5 paste and it's curing time.

Now my question is. What risks am I facing by still using this mobo?
- Is there any risk of damage other components?
- Any risks of the mobo still failing?
- Any hidden issues that I might not be noticing, but are still there?
- No risks?

Thanks in advance.
 
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What did you do with regards to the broken pin? In any case, you don't have to worry about damage to other components too much but, the CPU and MB would be expected to have a shorter lifespan.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
What did you do with regards to the broken pin?
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Edit: I didn't notice it was broken at first, so i realigned just like I did with the rest of the pins. Then I noticed it was broken and didn't do anything else to it from that point.

MagnusTheBrewer said:
In any case, you don't have to worry about damage to other components too much but, the CPU and MB would be expected to have a shorter lifespan.
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How much shorter are we talking about here?

I also have some additional information. I was able to find a pic that displays the socket layout on the mobo. I marked the pin that was damaged: Socket. It's the third from the left just below the "pinless row", if it's not clear enough.

According to this pin layout map, the pin that was broken is D30, which is a VCC pin. This pin is, according to my information, somewhat redundant with the possible exception of an extreme overclocking scenario (very high voltages).

Is this correct?
 
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You're lucky. If it's a VCC pin, then you can probably do without one of those, unless you are doing a heavy OC or pushing lots of vcore.
 
I would still expect a shorter life from the CPU due to load balancing. Have you ever noticed when a turn signal goes out on a car and isn't replaced immediately, the other signals fail fairly soon? That's because the components themselves are used for load balancing.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
I would still expect a shorter life from the CPU due to load balancing. Have you ever noticed when a turn signal goes out on a car and isn't replaced immediately, the other signals fail fairly soon? That's because the components themselves are used for load balancing.
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Sounds reasonable. But what magnitude of shorter life span are we talking here? Nothing as drastic as the turn signals I expect(/hope) considering there are like 150-ish power lines on the cpu?

Would losing 1 power connector of 150 be equivalent to an increase in ~1% core voltage (like going from 1.2 to 1.212) because there are ~1% less lines carrying ~1% more current? Or is that being optimistic?
 
I don't think it's linear. It may be fine for a long time. It may go belly up tomorrow. I just expect it to go bad sooner than it would if it wasn't broken.
 
Ok. Well I'm gonna see what my retailer/asrock has to say about the possibility of repairs. If they tell me to buy a new board I'll probably just stick with it.

Thanks for the advice. 🙂
 
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