Poll - Success rate with bent pins

[gwai lo]

needle nose pliers are great

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Anyway www.dell.com.

As an aside, if you're going to tell that to people, mind giving out an alternate site for those who might want a pre-built AMD system instead? It's all well and good to tell the noobs and klutzes to get a Dell, aside from the fact that they'll have nothing to choose from other than P4s and Celerons.

Or are you still trying to push that Intel stock price up, hmm? *P

 

[natto fire]

I voted 100% as I have never had to repair a pin.

 

[Robor]

I've bent a few pins over the years - even dropped the cpu on tile once - ouch! So far I've been able to straighten them out using a tweasers and get them back into the socket. I'm talking about the Intel CPU's though. I don't have any experience with one of the AMD's 700+ or even 900+!

 

[mindwreck]

100% Bent pins on this T-bird several times. Still runing strong. Bent some pins back when I was still a newb at compters. all it takes are teezers or needle nose pliers and steady hand

 

[Gamingphreek]

Ive always used the end of a pen. Ya know where the ink is held in that little tube... i use the end of that. 100% success here.

-Kevin

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Ive always used the end of a pen. Ya know where the ink is held in that little tube... i use the end of that. 100% success here.

-Kevin

^^^ High levels of smartness

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I saw this thread a couple days ago and didn't bother reading it. I just thought, LOLWTFNEWBS. I've been dozens of system and changed heatsinks numerous times with zero problem. Yesterday I was having some trouble extricating an XP-120 from a K8N Neo. Finally got it free and realized there was no CPU in the socket.

Once I got the processor off the heatsink, with a lot of force, I assessed the damage. One outside row was partially bent and there was a tiny bit of AS5 on the edge of the pins to boot. So now I need to devise a way to clean off the AS5 and straighten the pins....I'm more concerned with the former. This computer needs to be stable and OC for important tasks like music editing and work, so I can't feel at ease now. I already ordered another processor. So, plea for an rma, sell it as-is, or repair it and test it and then sell it?

 

[Zap]

If it were me, I'd repair it and keep using it.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

hahaha there are so many of you who bent pins. i was ubercareful with mine cause it's my first build

 

[Fern]

I've only had one bent pin (Barton 2500+). Think it came that way due to shipping. Nothing dramatic, straightened it with needle nose pliers. Been working fine ever since.

Fern

 

[Zap]

Ahhh, if in the course of a few years you've handled hundreds (if not more) processors, bound to come across some bent pins. Also, I've gotten CPUs with slightly bent pins from within sealed Intel retail boxes.

 

[vadda]

I just wanted to thank all the people who shared their experience with bent pins.

I had one bent pin on my new Athlon 64 (socket 754) processor (probably bent it myself when forced CPU into socket).
It was lying flat on the surface so I had to move it 90 degrees upwards and 5-10 degrees to the side. I used blow dryer to heat pins, tweezers and needle to straighten up, white credit card for alignment and magnifying glass.

After I un-bent the pin, it had some scratch on it , but was the of same length as the rest of the pins.

Worked from the first attempt - MB recognized CPU and I got my first BIOS screen with this rig.

Boy, am I relieved ...

Thanks guys!

 

[Childs]

I've never broken a pin, and I've had to straighten many out over the years. In fact, I had to do it last night on a Prescott. Used a precision flathead. Used a AAA card once too. You just have to be gentle. It takes very little to straighten a pin out.

 

[pennylane]

Had several bent pins on a Northwood. Fixed it without a hitch. Used tweezers from a Swiss Army Knife.