Is there any thing I can do bent pins motherboard

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 2 Sep 2010 at 02:05

I bent the pins on my motherboard and trying to use tweezers to fix it i made it worse. Is there any repair service. Pins are bent in many places

fergie128 · 2 Sep 2010 at 02:36

I managed to find a jewellers who would fix the bent pins I had. They have the precision tools needed to do a job like this.

madindehead · 2 Sep 2010 at 02:50

Best thing would maybe be to the return the board. Is it new?

Hagar · 2 Sep 2010 at 07:50

I have used a propelling pencil to straighten pins on processors, the ones with automatic leads, the finer the better, just remove the lead and place over the pin. Better than tweezers,

andy

whitecrook · 2 Sep 2010 at 08:03

nkata said:
I have used a propelling pencil to straighten pins on processors, the ones with automatic leads, the finer the better, just remove the lead and place over the pin. Better than tweezers,

andy

Not ever tried this, but sounds like it could work very well indeed. Have an internet cookie.

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 2 Sep 2010 at 10:02

madindehead said:
Best thing would maybe be to the return the board. Is it new?

Board isn't new I some how mucked it up my self when taking out I7

alex24 · 2 Sep 2010 at 10:04

fergie128 said:
I managed to find a jewellers who would fix the bent pins I had. They have the precision tools needed to do a job like this.

Sounds like a good idea, they're likely to have a steadier hand than the OP evidently has, no offence intended!

madindehead said:
Best thing would maybe be to the return the board. Is it new?

You can't return that unless you can prove it was damaged when you got it or in transit. Any return would be refused under these circumstances unless the retailer is stupid.

NathWraith · 2 Sep 2010 at 11:00

Bent pins = Warranty Void

Not much you can do other than attempt to fix it.

How did you manage to mess putting an i7 chip in?

Aeleys · 2 Sep 2010 at 11:12

yea how did you bend them :O

scotty365 · 2 Sep 2010 at 12:03

I wager that the CPU was dropped 3:1 odds
and sticking finger in socket 2:1

CAPTAINBUMFLUFF · 2 Sep 2010 at 13:13

I was planning to sell the motherboard but when packing it up I kept putting in the cpu protection cap on wrong, and i forced it in the wrong way hence the pins breaking, but i did do a bit of (2:1 putting my finger in trying to bend them back) lol

My mistake wasn't putting the chip in as I stated before was taking it out and putting the protective cap on

MooMoo444 · 2 Sep 2010 at 13:20

If at first you dont succeed, try again with force :eek:

vectisitch · 2 Sep 2010 at 13:32

i told you,use a bigger ammer

infernox · 2 Sep 2010 at 17:43

get a mechanical pencil as said above take lead out put the pin in where the lead would go and bend back slowly and carefully, have done it on older machines and they all work fine

ThomasTheTankEngine · 2 Sep 2010 at 18:49

nkata said:
I have used a propelling pencil to straighten pins on processors, the ones with automatic leads, the finer the better, just remove the lead and place over the pin. Better than tweezers,

andy

infernox said:
get a mechanical pencil as said above take lead out put the pin in where the lead would go and bend back slowly and carefully, have done it on older machines and they all work fine

Good luck using this method on a skt1366. The pins aren't really pins any more.