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Just bought a second hand Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard and on arrival it has two bent pins. One is fairly slight, the other almost in the complete opposite direction. I don't currently have an LGA1150 CPU to test it with so not sure if it still works.

Seller took a photo of the socket before shipping and no pins were bent so it must have happened during shipping. How is this possible?

If I bend the pins back, what are my chances of the board working and will it have any effects on reliability in overclocking etc?

 
Should still work fine I would imagine.

Easiest way to bend pins back in my experience tends to be to use the thin metal tubes that you get on top of some modelling glue applicators, the tube can then completely cover the pin, and you can bend it from the base.
 
Those pins will never align as they should again, the one that is hoofed right over especially.

Put it in its box and post it to the seller and get a refund.
 
You'll do that if your carefull and don't mess with them too much as they can fatigue and snap off without warning

Use a fine sewing needle and a magnifying glass and tease them back into position,they don't have to be exact but try to match the same surrounding pins regarding alignment
 
Whilst a fix is tempting, you've basically been sold a duff item, so go for a refund I'd say.
 
I'll give it a go repairing it, got the board for a decent price anyway.

Only trouble is I won't have a chip to test it with until next month
 
I have some bent pins on my Asus ROG baord I'm not sure how many but I've lost al but one of my ram slots and it takes a good 8 seconds just for the board to power on after pressing the on switch.
 
I've fixed quite a few broken pins. I bought an Asus X79 Sabretooth for like £40 that had broken pins. It took a few minutes to fix them with a camera lens turned backwards (extreme magnification) and a scalpel blade.
 
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I'll give it a go repairing it, got the board for a decent price anyway.

Only trouble is I won't have a chip to test it with until next month
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Return it. The last thing you want is to leave it before being able to test it, just gives him ammunition to say you did it yourself if you try to send it back several weeks later.
 
Jordan97 said:
I'll give it a go repairing it, got the board for a decent price anyway.

Only trouble is I won't have a chip to test it with until next month
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Bargain or not, if you mess with it and it makes it worse you may not be able to return it. Play it safe and send it back, it's hardly a bargain if its broken anyway.
 
Okay have got the pins back to where I don't even think you can tell through this photo but when looking with the naked eye you can tell its not quite perfect but I'm not too sure what tolerance there is.

I'm going to call a few local PC shops tomorrow and if see if they would set up a test bench with me

 
Looks good to me,you did well

Why not pickup a cheap pentium CPU to test it with?

Pentium g620
 
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looks good. Tolerance wise aslong as it makes contact with its own pad on the cpu there shouldnt be a problem.

As long as it is as near dammit as you can get theres plent of tolerance to play with. Just look at it in conjunction with the other pin tips on height and position. If you catch the light just right you will see all the heads of a row in a straight line, it will give you a good indication on how far out it is.
 
Send it back. How in the hell do people manage to bend pins/snap sata ports... They shouldn't be allowed near the inside of a computer.
 
A technical/mechanical pencil is generally best for unbending pins. only tried this on AMD CPUs not sure how good they would be on ZIF sockets.

Remove the lead from the pencil so the shaft is hollow, a wider shaft on the cheaper disposable pencils may be best for Socket pins. Unsure, give it a try if you have one handy.
 
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