several bent pins on amd fx processor help!?

Aosh

Member
Nov 18, 2001
152
0
0
I had a bent pin on a P4 Northwood once. I just straightened it out gently and hoped it worked. And it's perfectly fine :) if only one or 2 pins are bent, see if you can straighten it. Otherwise you could always replace it where u bought it (unless u bent it urself?)
 

StrangerGuy

Diamond Member
May 9, 2004
8,443
124
106
If the pins were bent straight out from the box you can return to the vendor for a new CPU. Otherwise you can try to make the pins straight carefully with a tweezer.
 

JBT

Lifer
Nov 28, 2001
12,094
1
81
A razor blade works well too. It "could" still work would try to fix your self and if you can't RMA time.
 

Bar81

Banned
Mar 25, 2004
1,835
0
0
Worst case scenario RMA to vendor or if it's been a while just RMA to AMD and tell them that's the way it came and they'll issue you a new one.
 

btacular

Member
Aug 24, 2004
27
0
0
use a plastic straw... the thin kinds used to stir coffee... worked well when i bent my athlon xp 2800 cpu's pins
 

AyashiKaibutsu

Diamond Member
Jan 24, 2004
9,306
4
81
Hey if all else fails, your stuck with an incredibably expensive and highly ineffective paper weight :)
 

Quasmo

Diamond Member
Jul 7, 2004
9,630
1
76
You can glue it to a wallet like I did with my p3 800mhz and have the world fastest money.
 

jtusa

Diamond Member
Aug 28, 2004
4,188
0
71
I did the same with a P4 chip, I just GENTLY bent them straight and it worked fine.
 

Gurck

Banned
Mar 16, 2004
12,963
1
0
It's not uncommon at all to get a few bent pins. As others have said, VERY GENTLY straighten them out (I used the tip of a penknife under a strong light) and you should be fine.
 

Arcanedeath

Platinum Member
Jan 29, 2000
2,822
1
76
I had this happen on a friend of mines then top of the line P4 3.0C processor, took a long time, a dental tool, and a magnifying glass but I was able to bend his 8+ bent pins back into place and get him up and running, definitly go slow and it's not for the faint of heart.
 

Abhi

Diamond Member
Sep 13, 2003
4,548
0
76
Originally posted by: nick1985
i use a mechanical pencil with no lead. that works best IMO.

Thats a good idea...

Btw... how many pins are bent?
 

denon

Senior member
Oct 11, 2000
295
0
0
I second the mechanical pencil. I have always used a mechanical pencil with no lead, and it works great. If you ever have a bent pin in a ps2 connector, vga connector, etc, the mechanical pencil slides right around the pin and assures that you can make it straight again.
 

joecool

Platinum Member
Apr 2, 2001
2,934
2
81
i've had bent pins several times, most recently on a proc i bought used on ebay (the guy claimed it happened in shipping - never mind that it was in the AMD box inside a shipping box - yeah, right!) anyway, a careful and somewhat scary half hour fixed the problem. good luck!
 

soulflyfan

Member
Mar 24, 2004
130
0
0
hats off to the pencil idea! yeah, this happened t o me once, just TAKE YOUR TIME, and dont be hamfisted, and you should be fine