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A few bent pins on the 3700x

Stubbsy

Stubbsy

Stubbsy

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So... what do you think the chances of a fully functional part are?

The very bottom corner appears to have come off altogether! Perhaps there's a pinout for the part somewhere?
 
You might not need all the pins.

Run a Stanley knife blade through the channels and wiggle them straight again.
I had this in December, Rich sent me this link and it worked;
 
Minibiker said:
Did it arrive in that way? :eek:
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Yes but...
I spent about £800 with OCUK on the other components for the build, but found this part on a certain auction site listed as "new, unboxed, never used"... clearly that turned out to be a slightly false description. And super cheeky, because I could tell through the blisterpack that it was damaged.
Anyway, I'm not uncharitable; if it can be made to work then fine.

Of course, as always, shop with OCUK and no issues would be had! I've already ordered a brand new part on the off chance that this one gets returned.
 
Kitchen knife with right width blade
Run it through them all
Going in both directions up/down and across
Have straightened out worse than that before. :)
Any snapped off will just be down to luck if it works or not
 
Stubbsy said:
Thanks Bickaxe. Thing I'm most worried about is one of the remaining pins being a bit brittle and coming off inside the socket of a brand new MB!
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Unfortunately you won't know until its too late. I don't think anyone has mapped which pins are actually used.
 
You'll all have to wait with baited breath... the overloaded team at OCUK haven't shipped the rest of the kit yet so I won't know for a little while what happens.
I was so disappointed when it arrived :( wish people wouldn't do stuff like that
 
If you have a clutch/engineering style pencil and a steady hand that is a good way to get them straight. Take out the lead, push it onto the pin and gently bend it back into place.
 
Sending it back is most likely going to end up with you bent them from the seller
Leading to the hassle of a dispute
You will win anyway
But it's just a hassle and takes a while
 
I would open an ebay dispute to be honest.

If the worst happens and you don't win the case, you try and straighten them and snap a couple off, you can solder new pins on if you have a steady hand :D
 
I'd definitely open a dispute and send it back. You'll win an eBay case easily if they refuse to take it back. Even if you're happy to accept it as it is I think it's a matter of principle to stop them getting away with it.

Great tip regarding the mechanical pencil above. Wish I'd known that when I was trying to straighten some motherboard pins.
 
Open a claim with ebay, and send it back, the seller has to pay the return postage costs, usually ebay will provide you with the returns label and just invoice the seller for the cost of the label, I know its inconvenient, you'll win anyway unless the seller can prove it wasnt like that when he sent it, think of the future, even if you straighten the pins out, if you ever want to upgrade, with a missing pin, its going to make selling it on very difficult.
 
Something strange has happened. I got a refund for the seller but they haven't requested the part back...
I was surprised so queried it with ebay. They said if the seller doesn't get it touch within a week, I should keep/dispose of the part.
Whole thing is gettering weirder.
 
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