Broken pin on AMD 64

imported_ASR

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My parents computer, which my dad had assembled himself, didn't really work; it would start up, but never output a signal to the screen. I couldn't figure out what the problem was, but as I found out he had broken some SATA parts of the motherboard (in fact also a tower, but that was already replaced) I figured the best shot was to try with another one of those.
However, as I had just put the new one into place, I tried to install the CPU. But it didn't really fit. When I held it up against some light, I could see 3 pins were bent, two of them very badly. I then tried to straighten them with a pincet and a needle, and it worked with two of them, however, unfortunately the worst one broke. If you look at the CPU, with the bottom (/pins) up, and the golden arrow pointing directly at you, it's the one at the outer most right east, in the middle of the 3 (do you understand? I suppose it doesn't matter much though...).
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Now, as the computer could indeed start up before, I imagine it just _might_ work now, as I at least got two of the pins straightened up. But I haven't dared to try though. Should I give it a shot? And in case it does't work, try to solder the last pin back on?
Can it harm any of the other components to try either of the above? Any other good advises, suggestions, or...?
 

Furen

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Oct 21, 2004
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just try it, it shouldnt catch on fire or anything of that sort. If you're lucky it's a grounding pin and you can work without it, if not you can always try to solder it if you trust your skills and it's somewhat accessible (if it's not close to the corners you may just risk killing some other pins by messing around with it).
 

imported_ASR

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Aug 18, 2005
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Okay, thanks, I'll give it a shot. And yes, fortunately it's as close to the corner as it gets.
I know I'm a girl with this stuff, but it's not like software where you can just reinstall it; the reason I hate dealing with hardware. :-s
 

Furen

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Just be careful with the amount of heat you apply to the pin, since they're copper and they'll conduct it straight to the core. Also, make sure you get as strong a bond as possible with the least amount of extra solder (heh, easier said than done) so the cpu actually fits into the socket and the pin doesnt fall off as soon as you apply a bit of force on it (via the cpu-holding lever).
 

imported_ASR

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Aug 18, 2005
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YAAAAAAAAAY! It sends a signal to the monitor!! Thank lord, the solder-thing sounded pretty dangerous, considering my 10 thumbs... But thanks a lot for your help anyway, hopefully I won't ever need it, but it's nice to know anyway!
Have a nice day.