CPU protector
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you might be able to straighten them with watchmakers tweezers but only test with a cheapo cpu or sell it (stating the damage) if you don't fancy that. Someone will buy it and it would be a waste to bin it.
Sorry to hear this.
For future reference you attach one end which act like a hinge (1 below) and then you lower it down and the other end clips on (2 below).
You might want to consider a Gigabyte motherboard next time. They have been known to be forgiving in such situations.
Asus almost certainly aren't.
For future reference you attach one end which act like a hinge (1 below) and then you lower it down and the other end clips on (2 below).
You might want to consider a Gigabyte motherboard next time. They have been known to be forgiving in such situations.
Asus almost certainly aren't.
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Nope this one just clips over the bracket when it's down. For no reason I can think of I tried to put it in them pull the lever down. I'm having an off day. No way will they accept a return on it! Although when it came the bag wasn't sealed and it looked as thiugh it had some signs of use so I'll just try and say it was used might as well try for a waste of £180 I'm furious at myself right now
once, i was cleaning my lga 775 mobo with a sock. the threads got caught and bent all the pins BACKWARDS. i sat down at the kitchen table with a flat head screwdriver and i straightened the pins line by line. it was tedious and painful and all the while my heart was breaking cos it weren't that old. eventually i got them semi-straight and tried the cpu. she kept running til i upgraded 2 years later.
you have nothing to lose by trying. Just be patient.
edit: take a pic of the damage.
you have nothing to lose by trying. Just be patient.
edit: take a pic of the damage.
