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Argghh, bent CPU pins on 3900x

Mrp1980 said:
Had my brother call me in a panic not long back having bent some pins on his 3700x, 20+ pins in various places (think they tried to install it at the wrong orientation)
I used a Stanley blade, mechanical pencil and micro tweezers, I also have a very cheap usb microscope I used to get in close to check the alignment of the pins in each direction.
In total it took me 2 hours to complete but slotted straight in to the board with no resistance.
Infact he owes me a few beers for that:D
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2 hours? thats madness on 20 pins - Perhaps I am a but of a mad man, bend them back in 2 mins flat! Use the socket for final alignment lol
 
Vince said:
2 hours? thats madness on 20 pins - Perhaps I am a but of a mad man, bend them back in 2 mins flat! Use the socket for final alignment lol
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It was the ones towards the centre I was concerned about as a couple of them were flat down and I didn't want to snap them off.
One also had a kink in it which took a lot of persuasion to straighten out as I didn't think the socket realign a bent pin.
If it had of not worked I was going to delid it for the fun of it:D
 
Mrp1980 said:
It was the ones towards the centre I was concerned about as a couple of them were flat down and I didn't want to snap them off.
One also had a kink in it which took a lot of persuasion to straighten out as I didn't think the socket realign a bent pin.
If it had of not worked I was going to delid it for the fun of it:D
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Weirdly the socket will allign slightly kinked pins. :)
 
This happened to me get a razor blade to use as alignment and rest on the other pins and bend them back in align.

Use your phone's camera for macro and it allows you to check all the rows and easily see if any are wonky
 
Happened to me building my stepson’s 1600. Terrifying and it was just one pin.

can’t remember how I bent it back but it worked.

One thing Intel does better IMO as mobos are cheaper to replace.
 
McGraw said:
Happened to me building my stepson’s 1600. Terrifying and it was just one pin.

can’t remember how I bent it back but it worked.

One thing Intel does better IMO as mobos are cheaper to replace.
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You've never had to bend back a socket pin on an Intel motherboard clearly. Eww that was a horrendous job.
 
I feel the OP's pain.

I did this with a 3700X Build. Used AMD's supplied cooler and it ripped the CPU through the socket as I was attempting to clip both sides of the cooler into place.

I've built many PC's like others here only happened with that AMD cooler.

Safe to say now I do not attempt to use supplied coolers any more xD
 
Well the good news is the motherboard is fine.

I managed to get a 3800XT and used a Noctua D15 cooler and that all works.

I'll see if I can return the 3900x for RMA as suggested.
 
I’m glad it’s not just me! I did exactly the same with my 3600X. It didn’t even take much force to pull the CPU out with the locking lever down. Quite a few slightly bent pins but thankfully I was able to realign them using the socket.

Hope AMD accept the return OP.
 
Hey i got an RMA for a guy i built a pc for after he upgraded his 3400G to 3800X, dropped the 3800X on a tiled floor and mushed like 40% of pins i explained to AMD and they rmaed it.
 
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