Bent pins in CPU socket

Street · 19 Oct 2021 at 23:22

A while ago, I bought a second hand board from eBay. It turned up without the socket protector installed and upon inspection, it turned out the pins were mashed.

The guy refunded me straight away and said I might as well keep the board as it was useless. It's now been sat on my desk for nearly a year.

Is it worth anything to anyone? Seems a shame just to scrap an otherwise fine board.

V F · 19 Oct 2021 at 23:55

Interesting that. I remember watching a Youtube video months ago of a guy desoldering the socket to install a new one then having a fully working board.

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 00:00

V F said:
Interesting that. I remember watching a Youtube video months ago of a guy desoldering the socket to install a new one then having a fully working board.

That's what I thought. To someone with the right kit it's probably a relatively easy fix.

Defy Belief · 20 Oct 2021 at 10:17

Whack it on the MM i'm sure someone in there would have a go

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 11:00

Defy Belief said:
Whack it on the MM i'm sure someone in there would have a go

Sounds like a plan. I'll take some pics and stick it on later. I'll probably do it as shipping only as I'd feel guilty charging someone for it!

cheesyboy · 20 Oct 2021 at 11:04

It doesn't look too bad, someone will fancy giving it a go straightening them.

I bought a cheap mobo on the mm and immediately shoved a finger in the socket whilst handling

Managed to straighten them, though, and it worked (still works) fine.

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 11:28

I did think about trying to straighten them and give it a go, but I didn't want to cook a CPU. At least the old AMD chips back in the day were pretty straightforward to straighten out with a credit card. :cry:

V F · 20 Oct 2021 at 12:49

I've always wondered how people manage to wreck so many pins for these sockets...

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 13:54

I assumed it happened during shipping as the blanking plate wasn't fitted and the guy said it was fine when he dispatched it.

I'm always paranoid about dropping the CPU in the socket when fitting them and damaging the pins!

jaybee · 20 Oct 2021 at 15:39

Can't really see form the small pic, but if none of the pins are physically snapped off, then surely it's a fairly easy repair with a bit of patience? Why not have a go yourself? Just bend them back into line. I appreciate this may in itself cause stress and cause them to snap off, but it's worth a try.

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 17:07

I've got no need for it now as I've got another working board for that chip, plus I'd rather someone else took the risk of cooking their CPU! :cry:

sithlord · 20 Oct 2021 at 19:36

Post a bigger pic. How bad are they ? You could buy a microscope and straighten them.

Street · 20 Oct 2021 at 21:40

sithlord said:
Post a bigger pic. How bad are they ? You could buy a microscope and straighten them.

sithlord · 20 Oct 2021 at 22:59

You could fix those, its not bad.