How to straighten a bent CPU bin?

[SleepyGreggy]

One of the pins on my new retail 2.6 appears to be slightly slanted, what's the best method to correct it?

 

[spanky]

i just use a screwdriver and wedge it back into position.

 

[hjo3]

Needlenose pliers.

 

[chocoruacal]

Originally posted by: SleepyGreggy
One of the pins on my new retail 2.6 appears to be slightly slanted, what's the best method to correct it?

Bend it back

 

[Workin']

I get CPUs with bent pins fairly often.

I fix them by putting a single-edge razor blade in between the rows of pins and then gently moving them back into place by tilting the blade like a wedge. This method has never failed me and has also never broken off a pin.

Good luck!

 

[dmw16]

very carefully

 

[LED]

I do they same as Workin' except I use the Credit card I bought them with

 

[Viper GTS]

Remove the lead from a mechanical pencil.

The tip works great.

Viper GTS

 

[pm]

I have done the same thing as Viper on several CPUs.

 

[subman]

Like Viper said. I have done the same way with a Staedler 0.9mm pencil for years.

 

[filmmaker]

Rubber tipped tweezers will work if you are very careful

 

[Arcanedeath]

Dental Scraping tool, it's curved so it worked great

 

[SleepyGreggy]

Thanks, i ended up using the tip of a knife and while getting assistance in holding the CPU steady i "pried" it back into place. Hopefully everything will work fine as it lined up with the holes and seemed to fit perfectly. I mounted the intel HSF and everything feels snug. Hopefully no damage done. One more question... 1 out of the 9 screws used to hold the motherboard in place is oversized (too tall) and i can't get it out to replace with a normal one because the brass standoff keeps twisting underneath the motherboard. I couldn't find a small enough tool with good enough grip to hold the circular standoff in place so i could get the screw out. The final product is a screw that holds the motherboard in place but does not make direct contact with the motherboard (there is a very small gap between the motherboard and screw). This shouldn't cause any electrical problems correct? The motherboard is in there very sturdy so it's not moving around, im just unsure if the screw needs to make flush contact with the motherboard in order to be grounded. Thanks again for the brilliant replies, the lead pencil trick is something to remember.

 

[hjo3]

Nope, your fine. Besides, there's grounds on the ATX connector and all the other screws make contact. Just make sure you don't screw anything in too tight on the mobo.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Yeah, it's a pretty common occurence. Just bend them back

 

[OverVolt]

I use my fingernail hahaha. I had a P4 sitting ontop a PC case ontop a sofa that fell ~4 feet ish and had a ton of bent pins to fix. I'm good at it now.

 

[neutralizer]

I use two credit cards to slide rows into place. Credit cards seem to fit perfectly in between the pins for Socket 478 procs.

 

[jonn]

Strange no one has ever mentioned these to work on a computer, they are very high quality, have a great grip, different sizes that you can straighten a cpu pin, grasp a standoff, R&R jumpers, even lock shut to hold small objects.
And tool i am talking about is surgical hemostats. "look like sizzors but have like needle nose plier jaws" i have a 4 inch and a 6 inch pair and find them invaluable.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: jonn
Strange no one has ever mentioned these to work on a computer, they are very high quality, have a great grip, different sizes that you can straighten a cpu pin, grasp a standoff, R&R jumpers, even lock shut to hold small objects.
And tool i am talking about is surgical hemostats. "look like sizzors but have like needle nose plier jaws" i have a 4 inch and a 6 inch pair and find them invaluable.

I use them to clip tubing. I think they're too big for straightening out CPU pins. I couldn't get a plier to fit for the Northwood and all the pins make my eyes go cross-sided.

 

[Salvador]

I've done it by hand with no problem. It doesn't take much to move one of those pins.

Sal

 

[neilm]

Like what Salvador said, but I used my finger nail.. instead I bent the one beside it. Eventually I got them both straighted, I posted a thread whether I should send it back or not, and like this thread they said its a regular occurance.

 

[Hawaiian2002]

I found that the best way for me was to use an old mechanical pencil. The cheap Bic mechanical pencils that use the larger lead is best. First, retract the lead all the way back into the shaft (or just pull the lead all the way out). Use the empty pencil shaft to surround the pin and adjust. Works perfectly all the time!