Difficult problem, hope you guys have a solution.

Madwelsh

Madwelsh

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My mate phones me up and says he bought a new processor, so I goes round to his and discover he's already taken his old sandy 3700 out and is busily trying to ram a 4400 in the socket. I said to him it should just slot in, no need for pressure. I then notice he's lost 4 pins from the sandy, which are obviously still in the socket! Clumsy fool, now, his sandy still works, but obviously we can't fit the new processor because 4 pins are still in the socket. Is there a way of getting those pins out? Or is it a case of the processor and mainboard now will be forever a double team?

Just wondering tbh.
 
No chance with the tweezers, the pins are too deep in, any way of opening up the socket? Maybe he's going to need a new mobo?
 
you could try a strong magnet (not sure if it would work) worth a shot though. Keep it away from your HDD though ;-)

Also could try and tease it out with a needle.

Just remember to have the socket arm in the fully OPEN position when you try.
 
could rma it on the basis that it should have been tight enough to pull pins out ? dunno.

magnet ? weird one because in m experience broken pins have fallen out the slot
 
take motherboard out and place upside down on top of washing machine then do a couple of washes :D
 
Had a more serious idea. If you got a needle and charged it magnetically by rubbing it on a magnet you might be able to carefully lift them out with the needle.
 
tiny dot of sperglue on a fine needle is your best bet.

remember there are pin gaps on the cpu's already, hes deffo broken pins off?

also, is the 4400+ definately a S939 cpu?
 
Update:

The 4 pins were stuck in the bottom right corner of the socket. I very carefully wedged open the top of the socket with some needle screwdrivers, then used the smallest one to push the offending pins up and out. Fortunately the motherboard still works like a dream :) Not something I'd like to do again though!
 
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