What do you use when the pins are bent?

[blake0812]

Long story short: I ordered an H81 motherboard, and in my stupidity bent the pins a bit. I know that Intel CPUs don't have pins, so does it have to make PERFECT contact to work, or does it have to be at least facing the same direction?

 

[Seba]

At least a H81 board is not expensive. I would buy another one and be more careful.

 

[blake0812]

At least a H81 board is not expensive. I would buy another one and be more careful.

Well what i'm planning on doing is since I bought the i5 from Ebay it's coming in tomorrow, i'll keep the board but issue an RMA, if the board doesn't work i'll send it back, if it works i'll keep it.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Wait and see if it boots. If not, needle nose tweezers and a thin credit card will get you straightened out.

 

[ArisVer]

Some methods are described here.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2408195

 

[Burpo]

I use a syringe w/23 gauge needle. It slides over the pins easily & can be used to pick/bend/straighten. I also have a lighted overhead magnifying glass to see what I'm doing. Been successful every time so far..

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

I use several different gauge needles, also have a ton of picks. Of course a jewelers optic works great, the key is not to over work the pins. moving them to many times will result in them snapping off, the pins if not bent badly will want to go back to the form they were. IF you notice frustration or anything simply walk away n come back when you feel better.

Good luck let us know!

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I use several different gauge needles, also have a ton of picks. Of course a jewelers optic works great, the key is not to over work the pins. moving them to many times will result in them snapping off, the pins if not bent badly will want to go back to the form they were. IF you notice frustration or anything simply walk away n come back when you feel better.

Good luck let us know!

You have more confidence and persistence than I have. As I was saying (somewhere), I put a soldering magnifier on the board I'm RMA'ing with a strong light. I could finally SEE that there is one pin, longer than the rest, out of place. I couldn't tell for sure if it was in the appropriate hole or just got jammed in where it doesn't belong due to some screwup with whatever automated process they use to make those boards -- like a sewing needle that misses the mark in some . . garment district sweat-shop.

I tried teasing the pin a bit with my knife blade, but even if I'd wanted to sweat over it, I couldn't see well enough to be confident I'd make any progress. So --yeah -- a jeweler's ocular. But who would think to keep one of those in their PC-repair toolkit?

I might have bought your mobo, but I came across something else. Almost too good to be true. I'll want to wait until I know I scored big-time, then I'll explain it all. It should all become apparent after the Saturday JFK anniversary.

 

[tweakboy]

Do it with thin twizzers ,, whawt your mom uses.. to pluck hair... gl

 

[glideFX]

Long story short: I ordered an H81 motherboard, and in my stupidity bent the pins a bit. I know that Intel CPUs don't have pins, so does it have to make PERFECT contact to work, or does it have to be at least facing the same direction?

I dropped a xeon into the socket of a $500+ Supermicro Dual-Socket Motherboard.
After the first minute of panic I restored every pin so perfectly that it was impossible to see the difference.

I used something very similar (and a lot of patience)

 

[Denithor]

Well what i'm planning on doing is since I bought the i5 from Ebay it's coming in tomorrow, i'll keep the board but issue an RMA, if the board doesn't work i'll send it back, if it works i'll keep it.

Dude that's not right, YOU bent the pins and you're going to submit for RMA? Get the pins straightened out and board working or suck it up and buy another and be more careful. Sending back a board you damaged for RMA is fraud. And that just raises the costs of parts for the rest of us.

 

[mikeymikec]

While I guess some boards arrive with damaged sockets (I doubt there are that many given how protected the socket is), how do you guys go about mis-installing CPUs, do you actually drop them onto the socket or something?

I just carefully aim and gently place the CPU in position, check that the two notches in the sides of the CPU PCB and the socket match up, then pull the lever down and into the lock position.

 

[tweakboy]

That is good glidFX .. thats all you need. Just be gentle and patient. gl

 

[rgallant]

While I guess some boards arrive with damaged sockets (I doubt there are that many given how protected the socket is), how do you guys go about mis-installing CPUs, do you actually drop them onto the socket or something?

I just carefully aim and gently place the CPU in position, check that the two notches in the sides of the CPU PCB and the socket match up, then pull the lever down and into the lock position.

I have never bent a pin installing a cpu
-but what I do is to wrap say take 1 " masking tape in a 1.5" circle with the sticky side out.

-place it on the cpu while in it's tray

-pinch the top

-lift the cpu out of the tray

-slowly place cpu into the socket

-center it

-cramp it down slowly

-remove tape

-clean

-install TIM

-mount cooler

enjoy

 

[chrisjames61]

Dude that's not right, YOU bent the pins and you're going to submit for RMA? Get the pins straightened out and board working or suck it up and buy another and be more careful. Sending back a board you damaged for RMA is fraud. And that just raises the costs of parts for the rest of us.

They might not approve his rma. They check boards over with a fine tooth comb.