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CPU few bent pins.

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Hi All

I would like to ask before trying or not can a CPU still work with say 4 bent pins.

Is it a no no or worth giving it a go.


FX 8350 is the CPU.
 
I remember when I broke like 7 pins on my AMD back in the day I used AMD, I never used AMD again although the risk is still there for Intel I find it easier lul.

As for the question, you wont know till you try it. I ran 7 pin cpu for ages and never had issues however it did reduce the power a fair bit and can get very unstable sometimes :V
 
OK thanks mate will have a try and if it works I'll start to build a back pc out of it.

Will post back after trying.
 
Got any pictures?

I bent a couple on my 6200 when i had it, but bent them back and it was ok.

If they're bent, just be careful and bend them back, if they're actually broken off, its best to try it.
 
Bent pins are fine, just bent them back into place and away you go. Broken pins though that's a different story.
 
No photos sorry.

I tried without any joy had CPU red led on motherboard.

Also the lock down wasn't 100% right, it settled but just didn't feel right.

I will let my brother try and bend them back and see if that works.

What is the best tool to get the pins back straight? Do they have to be proper straight also?
 
A propelling pencil 0.5mm without lead in it is a useful tool. Or careful use of a blade to lever into line.

I have successfully straightened pins several times, much prefer the AMD pins than the intel motherboard pins.
 
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Why would you try and put the CPU in the socket with bent pins? You're literally just asking for trouble. Bend them back first.

If they snap off, put them in the motherboard socket in correct alignment.

I just used a craft knife when I had bent pins on any AMD CPU.
 
@ Techen

Don't give people bad advice like this especially when it can break their stuff! If some of the rest of us had seen this sooner we'd have been yelling at him as the last thing you want to do is to try and put the chip into the socket when you already know it's damaged.

You can very easily break bent pins by attempting to force it into the socket. Luckiest case you've only bent a power or ground pin in which case it will sort of work, or you'll lose a DRAM channel.

In future (this is for anyone) if you notice you have a bent pin or the CPU doesn't seem to sit right when you try and insert it, perform a thorough inspection to confirm the cause as being bent or missing pins and then bend them back ideally with a mechanical pencil, failing that a credit card will also work.
 
@ Techen

Don't give people bad advice like this especially when it can break their stuff! If some of the rest of us had seen this sooner we'd have been yelling at him as the last thing you want to do is to try and put the chip into the socket when you already know it's damaged.

You can very easily break bent pins by attempting to force it into the socket. Luckiest case you've only bent a power or ground pin in which case it will sort of work, or you'll lose a DRAM channel.

In future (this is for anyone) if you notice you have a bent pin or the CPU doesn't seem to sit right when you try and insert it, perform a thorough inspection to confirm the cause as being bent or missing pins and then bend them back ideally with a mechanical pencil, failing that a credit card will also work.

I find bending pins back worse off than trying to fix it then snapping them, getting miffed off and dumping the mobo. The lack of details i expected the pins to be flat not angled but what can you do with "lack of information" only saying what ive done in the past. Ran a amd chip with bent pins for ages after snapping one i just threw it in and away i went. Dont need to take my advice but i expect to be allowed to give me input into things :confused:
 
a propelling pencil is a top tool and so is a metal straight edge. as i get older if find a magnifying lens a good idea. don't forget patience is a virtue. if it fits back into the socket and drops down as you'd expect it to then hopefully it will still work.
 
i accidentally bent 2 pins on my fx8350 and i only knew because it wouldnt go back into the socket properly. i used a chefs knife with a really thin blade to line them back up and its been fine since. ive actually had more trouble with amd fx cpus coming out the socket when removing the cooler. i was doing tests for the ic diamond giveaway with my fx4350 and corsair h60 and 4 out of 5 times the cpu either came out with the cpu block or was lifted up partly out of the socket. im sure linus techtips did an amd build video and it also happened to him. luckily it never bent any pins all the time it did it.

before i bought the fx4350 id bought a phenom ii x6 1090t from ebay and it came with a bent pin. no matter how much in line i got it and it dropped into the socket fine the red light stayed on on the motherboard so i returned it as was advertised as fully working.
 
Bent pins should return to their original position with some gentle bending.

I remember many moons ago when I worked in a PC shop I dropped a tray of 10 Cyrix CPUs and half of them suffered bent pins. All worked absolutely fine again after bending the pins back into position...thankfully :)
 
How the heck do people bend the pins on either platform? Both just slip in very easily. Including levers.
 
How the heck do people bend the pins on either platform? Both just slip in very easily. Including levers.

Incorrectly aligning the cpu with the orientation of the socket,
Mishandling cpu when removing from packaging. Not warming up system to help remove the strength of the bond of the Tim between the heatsink and cpu, when trying to remove a cpu that's been in the motherboard for a while.

These are common mistakes.
 
Putting the CPU in with still bent pins is a recipe for disaster, it'll have completely flattened them so that when you try and un bend them they're more likely to snap off completely.

As someone mentioned before, an empty propelling pencil is ideal for it and if they're flattened you might need to tease them up with a sharp blade. Once they're almost aligned you can then use the socket itself to get them spot on.

There is some redundancy in the power supply pins so if it's only them that are broken then it might still work, but I wouldn't overclock and you could potentially burn out the remaining pins if you now overload them, which could also damage the motherboard.
 
Just use some tweezers or something and bend them back VERY carefully.

I remember Linus did it with a CPU with a pin that snapped off, so you should be good.
 
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