Gutted, killed my 3700x.

Cadder · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:25

Sorry to hear that. Such a shame.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:28

Columbo said:
Sorry guys...no its didnt survive

ouch!

Deluxe1 · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:39

R.I.P

Thoughts and prayers.

NinjaCool · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:44

Vince · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:48

Columbo said:
Sorry guys...no its didnt survive, I didnt actually try until Saturday as I replaced it immediately with a 3800XT and waited for AMD to respond to a warranty request which was refused.
I used a mechanical pencil and everything was ok until the last 2 pins, both of which snapped off completely.

Thats the 2 most bent ones on the right hand side of the picture. I guess some soldering guru could retrieve it but I dont have the kit and its probably not worth the investment now.

You still got it? Are the two snapped pins right at the edge?

Purgatory · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:49

Columbo said:
Sorry guys...no its didnt survive, I didnt actually try until Saturday as I replaced it immediately with a 3800XT and waited for AMD to respond to a warranty request which was refused.
I used a mechanical pencil and everything was ok until the last 2 pins, both of which snapped off completely.

Thats the 2 most bent ones on the right hand side of the picture. I guess some soldering guru could retrieve it but I dont have the kit and its probably not worth the investment now.

Just sell it on ebay, there are many people that can get that working again, the pins can even be purchased and soldered or using a dead cpus pins to replace the broken ones. Stick it on a bids on there and see what they offer, just explain it was working and the boo boo that happened and should get sold.

Columbo · 21 Dec 2020 at 13:56

Vince said:
You still got it? Are the two snapped pins right at the edge?

One is, the other one is one pin in.

Purgatory said:
Just sell it on ebay, there are many people that can get that working again, the pins can even be purchased and soldered or using a dead cpus pins to replace the broken ones. Stick it on a bids on there and see what they offer, just explain it was working and the boo boo that happened and should get sold.

Good idea! I'll do that now.

Vince · 21 Dec 2020 at 14:00

Columbo said:
One is, the other one is one pin in.

Good idea! I'll do that now.

That should be pretty easy to repair tbh. Mind you now you have a new one I guess the interest might not be there. It might be worth just sticking it on an auction site as suggested above.

pp111 · 21 Dec 2020 at 20:31

Buy a pair of mini flat nose pliers. You can buy a set for a few quid. just crimp each leg to straighten it. Be very careful not to move the pliers around to try to straighten them they will weaken very fast. Move them gently and as little as posible. Nothing looks too bad there.

El Jimben · 21 Dec 2020 at 23:30

On the plus side, I had this thread fresh in my mind when I was replacing my 2700X on Saturday, so at least it didn't suffer the same fate! I hope you get a few quid on eBay for your chip anyway

Minstadave · 21 Dec 2020 at 23:31

Columbo said:
One is, the other one is one pin in.

Good idea! I'll do that now.

Did you try it to see if it worked without the 2 pins?

Columbo · 22 Dec 2020 at 06:24

Minstadave said:
Did you try it to see if it worked without the 2 pins?

No I didnt, that would have meant removing my new 3800XT and the last time I tried to remove an AMD CPU it didnt end well.

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humbug · 22 Dec 2020 at 11:02

Columbo said:
No I didnt, that would have meant removing my new 3800XT and the last time I tried to remove an AMD CPU it didnt end well. .

lol, its good to see you kept your sense of humour.

Cyber-Mav · 22 Dec 2020 at 21:26

Wonder if it would work with those 2 missing pins. If they are just ground pins then could get lucky and it just wont clock as high. Or could be signal pins and you loose a core?

Kevin Parsons · 22 Dec 2020 at 23:59

RIP dude. We've all been there.

Old Man · 23 Dec 2020 at 00:14

Buy a good needle nose plier (or long one) and get a mate over with a steady hand to fix them for you.

FireTwo · 23 Dec 2020 at 00:16

intel socket is much better design tbh holds it down, and i like the pinless chips.

just need to be very careful of the mobo pins

Vish Petrol · 23 Dec 2020 at 00:50

FireTwo said:
intel socket is much better design tbh holds it down, and i like the pinless chips.

just need to be very careful of the mobo pins

Agreed. This post now has me worried about upgrading my 1700 to a 5900x when zen 4 comes out. Even if the 1700 isn't worth a lot by then.

FireTwo · 23 Dec 2020 at 01:21

try and warm up the thermal paste via the cpu and heatsink (maybe even a hairdryer!) before removing little twists should be fine dude!

Columbo · 23 Dec 2020 at 05:39

Vish Petrol said:
Agreed. This post now has me worried about upgrading my 1700 to a 5900x when zen 4 comes out. Even if the 1700 isn't worth a lot by then.

Dont be worried just take the advice listed in here by people with much more experience with AMD chips than me.

- Warm the chip up before removal. Mine was cold and the thermal paste acted like glue essentially stick cooler and CPU together
- Twist the cooler slightly before pulling upwards. This should loosen the bond between the surfaces
- Pull the cooler straight upwards in one motion and don't lean it or tilt it.

These are the 3 basic tool tips I've taken away from this thread, it cost me £300 to learn them but sometimes you just have to accept it and move on.
Hopefully at the very least this and the many other threads on the topic helps people avoid being as useless as me.

In future I'll definitely be given the CPU a 10-15 minutes stress test before remove it.