broken pin on pentium 4 1.6a

[fluxquantum]

i accidently broke a pin off my socket 478 processor. i had to upgrade the fan. as i pulled the processor out of the socket one of the pins broke off. i thought it wouldn't function anymore but to my surprise everything seems to work fine. i even have it overclocked. is there anything out there that will test the processor's integrity?

 

[CoolLight]

Yes, Prime95, 3dMarks2001SE.

BTW, why not just solder the broken pin back into the chips? It will fix all your doubts.

 

[SupermanCK]

u might still have contact with the socket...as long as something metallic is touch one another...u should be just fine...i think...

 

[Wind]

Goo for u. I've got an AMD XP2200+ chipped core & it's been running solid.