CPU pin array bent

[oslama]

I tried to remove to stock HSF and it also pulled the processor while the zif arm/socket was down. The pins on the cpu were bent. Is there a way to straighten them or am i hosed.

if not any deals on a p4 478 533fsb

 

[GuinnessExtraStout]

How many pins? I bent a few on mine and one of them pretty much got crunched. Yet I was able with some micro screw driver to get the pin standing up straight enough to get a needle nose plier on it. Then I use the needle nose plier to crush the pin back straight.

 

[Spikesoldier]

try the credit card trick by sliding them in between the rows and columns of pins

 

[zakee00]

the same thing happened to me, except no pins were bent *phew* im wondering how that could have happened

 

[mmkjenkins]

Hi go to www.motherboardrepair.com . This guy can repair your P-4 bent pins,and he is real cheap and Fast.I had two P-4's repaired by him and returned within a couple of days and the P-4's are still going strong. See ya. :thumbsup:

 

[Farmer]

Try using a 0.5mm graphite stick. Got the tip from AMD Q&A; It worked on my 754-pin. Not sure on Intel, but worth a shot.

 

[Edward Lee]

credit card trick works real well. Same thing happened to me.

 

[oslama]

Some pins on the outer grid are bent at 90 degree angle.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: Farmer
Try using a 0.5mm graphite stick. Got the tip from AMD Q&A; It worked on my 754-pin. Not sure on Intel, but worth a shot.

errr you mean take a 0.5mm mechanical pencil, with no lead, and put the pin inside the tip and bend it back right?

 

[Brian23]

Originally posted by: mmkjenkins
Hi go to www.motherboardrepair.com . This guy can repair your P-4 bent pins,and he is real cheap and Fast.I had two P-4's repaired by him and returned within a couple of days and the P-4's are still going strong. See ya. :thumbsup:

This looks kinda fishy to me.

 

[oslama]

will intel honor their 3yr warranty on a this type of problem

 

[JasonandBecky]

Not in that case, no.

 

[Geomagick]

I doubt it.

The warranty covers normal use - ie professional installation and then just spending the next three years in its socket with a retail cooler on it.

Edit: When you read that nice leaflet that came with the CPU.