motherboard cpu pins bent

robert li · 20 Oct 2021 at 16:33

hi guys

ok, i never thought this would happen to me as i always try to be careful. anyway as i was trying to put the cpu cover back on the cpu lid, i dropped the cover and somehow dropped it on the cpu socket pins causing a significant amount of pins being bent.

question is, what is the best tool to try unbend them back? i have a variety of tweezers as my wife have bought me a set of them and i have plenty of little screwdrivers.

many thanks

Thekwango · 20 Oct 2021 at 16:35

tweezers, steady hand and good eyesight or a magnifying glass.

robert li · 20 Oct 2021 at 16:36

Thekwango said:
tweezers, steady hand and good eyesight or a magnifying glass.

many thanks for quick reply,

do i just bend them back to the same directions as the other pins?

Minstadave · 20 Oct 2021 at 16:47

robert li said:
many thanks for quick reply,

do i just bend them back to the same directions as the other pins?

Yup.

robert li · 20 Oct 2021 at 22:34

Minstadave said:
Yup.

many thanks

Sean473 · 24 Oct 2021 at 00:33

robert li said:
many thanks

Good luck, hope it worked out!

pete910 · 24 Oct 2021 at 12:06

Credit card works well too

Sean473 · 24 Oct 2021 at 23:22

pete910 said:
Credit card works well too

Are you trolling?

kevbiss1 · 29 Oct 2021 at 06:32

No he's not, credit card between rows so you can see the bent pins easier, straighten the pins out row by row , a credit card fits just nice between each row

uscool · 29 Oct 2021 at 10:32

thats for pins on the CPU, pretty sure he means the pins are bent on the CPU socket on board which I have done myself so would use magnifying glass and something very thin to try to move the pins back in place