Socket 753...

[LatinJones]

Well,

I used to much AS5 on my socket 754 cpu and when I pulled off the heatsink (for no good reason) it ripped the CPU right out of the socket. I ended up breaking 1 little pin and did a little research online. Turns out it was just a ground pin.

So...

My CPU has been working flawlessly ever since for the last 2 weeks. Should I be concerned about anything melting or blowing up?

 

[gcxbrian]

no

 

[Mrvile]

Holy crap you got lucky!!

 

[ecvs85]

broken pins is not lucky at 1st

I experience pulling out the CPU directly too, thank god I didn't get any pin bent or broken

 

[LatinJones]

Yea. Bending CPU pins back into place is not fun. That's how I broke the pin to begin with. Forget about needle nose pliars. I used the tip of a small knife and a toothpick.

 

[dornick]

I did the same thing. Nothing broken though :relief; Freaked me out though.

 

[christopherzombie]

You got lucky!

 

[LatinJones]

Hopefully I don't have to pull the cpu off the motherboard again anytime soon. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about shorting something out or frying anything. That seems to be the consensus.

 

[Demo24]

I suspect if you left the pin in the socket things would still be ok to

 

[MrK6]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
I suspect if you left the pin in the socket things would still be ok to

Until he got a new processor

 

[LatinJones]

Originally posted by: MrK6

Originally posted by: DEMO24
I suspect if you left the pin in the socket things would still be ok to

Until he got a new processor

That will probobly be in another 3 years if I'm lucky!

 

[DanDaMan315]

Yea, its happened to me too... All the pins got shifted a little bit, but everything is fine now.