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yELLOthar

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What are the odds of me fixing a processor that has a bent pin? And by bent, I mean it is completely flat. It's all the way to the side, laying flat on the processor. Is there any hope for fixing it? Any at all?
 
Damn, I'd say your f**ked. If you got the processor that way I'd sent it back without touching it. If you messed it up, try to fix it but it doesn't sound promising.
 
I figured that was the answer, but I was hoping for a ray of hope. Yea, it wasn't a really important computer, as we have 3 in the house (2 now >_>) and it was the weakest. Anyway, it was a Dell (so who really cares).
 
No, I already have it back on, well, sort of. However, when I put the Powercord in it just turns on and I can't turn it off, and nothing shows on my monitor. You think I should just break the pin off since it may be causing other pins to not fully go in? Like, do I need them all? It's worth a try I guess.
 
Originally posted by: yELLOthar
No, I already have it back on, well, sort of. However, when I put the Powercord in it just turns on and I can't turn it off, and nothing shows on my monitor. You think I should just break the pin off since it may be causing other pins to not fully go in? Like, do I need them all? It's worth a try I guess.
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Try to find a pin-out guide. It may just be a simple grounding pin.
 
Originally posted by: Elcs
Originally posted by: yELLOthar
No, I already have it back on, well, sort of. However, when I put the Powercord in it just turns on and I can't turn it off, and nothing shows on my monitor. You think I should just break the pin off since it may be causing other pins to not fully go in? Like, do I need them all? It's worth a try I guess.
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Try to find a pin-out guide. It may just be a simple grounding pin.
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You're definitely going to have to explain that...
 
un bend it to the best of your ability and put it in the socket, if it bends back to the way it was, break it off
I heard someone lost like 3 pins somehow and it still ran fine, they were just grounding pins (like the black wires in molex connections, they dont supply any power and you can safely use it with just one)
 
Originally posted by: yELLOthar
Originally posted by: Elcs
Originally posted by: yELLOthar
No, I already have it back on, well, sort of. However, when I put the Powercord in it just turns on and I can't turn it off, and nothing shows on my monitor. You think I should just break the pin off since it may be causing other pins to not fully go in? Like, do I need them all? It's worth a try I guess.
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Try to find a pin-out guide. It may just be a simple grounding pin.
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You're definitely going to have to explain that...
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Apologies to enthusiasts if I use poor wording and sorry if I make it sound dumb.

CPU's have pins as you've figured out by now. A pin-out guide is a guide that will tell you what each pin does.

Some pins carry information from the CPU to the motherboard and vice-versa. Some pins are there for grounding purposes. If you found a pinout guide to find out what that bent pin does, it would give you a strong indication on whether the cpu would work or not. Losing a simple grounding pin is usually not fatal or harmful.

Easiest way is to pop the CPU in a motherboard and test it. However, it always sounds risky to test something thats damaged in a system.
 
a lot of times, if you just break the pin off completely it will still work, if you are lucky you will lose a pin that isnt really needed.
 
agreed.

look for the pinout. if it's a ground pin... then you should be perfectly fine. my guess is you trying to stick it in bent is preventing some other pins from properly being seated in teh socket.

check pinout first. if it's ground, just break it off.

i remember this guy at xtremesystems broke like 3 or 4 pins and it still worked afterwards... and overclocked like mad still...
 
Hmm, I'll try that. Thanks for the help!

I do have a question though... The heatsink was attached to the processor thanks to the thermal paste, and the only way I could get it out was to pull the heat sink off. Well, I'm just wondering if I actually need the thermal paste or will it be ok to take the process off the heatsink to make it easier to install (how the freaking pin got bent to start with...) and just not use any thermal paste with it. I don't have any thermal paste, so do any of you know?
 
You need thermal paste or a thermal pad (or anything besides air) in between your heatsink and your cpu, otherwise your cpu temps will go up quite a bit.
 
mayo wouldnt be my choice for a thermal paste substitute. but i once used toothpaste on a P4. Was working fine for some weeks, but tmeperatures were bout 65-75°.
 
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