HELP! My CPU pins are stuck in my motherboard :/

Vegeta · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:50

I'm replacing the motherboard (Asus P5K PRO) and when I came to take my CPU out (E5200) I took the guard off then took the processor off easily. But once pulling the cpu away I see the bottom of the cpu and it has no pins! I bought the CPU 02/09/2008. Is there anyway I can get it replaced under warranty - be able to use it still in my new motherboard or do I have to buy a new one basically? Rather gutted feel soo cheated lol.

HW91 · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:52

LGA processors don't have pins, they have little pads which contact pins in the socket

Marine Iguana · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:52

There are no pins on that CPU it only has contact points on the CPU itself the pins are in the socket you haven't broken it

Orcvader · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:53

The E5200 don't have pins...

It should look like this underneath: http://www.ixbt.com/cpu/images/s775-cpu/s775-p4-prescott-3.6-bottom.jpg
While the socket looks like this: http://www.tinc-it.nl/pages/shop/_imagesGroepen/Intel Socket I7.jpg

d_brennen · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:53

Haha!

775s don't have pins silly

Martini1991 · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:55

LOL.
The pins are in the motherboard.

Vegeta · 9 Sep 2010 at 18:55

Wow that's such a good idea I kept bending pins on my old AMD cpu's. How did I manage to forget that? lol. Ok thanks guys.

nightmare99 · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:22

Wow that's such a good idea I kept bending pins on my old AMD cpu's. How did I manage to forget that? lol. Ok thanks guys.

Well the flip side is it is easy to damage the pins in the socket and they are more difficult to repair.

Makhaira · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:24

This thread is definitely a keeper

ishoeyi · 9 Sep 2010 at 19:24

fill in the rma anyway see if you can get a 6core cpu replacement.

Mr Fujisawa · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:49

ishoeyi said:
fill in the rma anyway see if you can get a 6core cpu replacement.

THIS

sorn21 · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:56

Haha you totally brightened up my day!

Thanks

fornowagain · 10 Sep 2010 at 16:59

For real?

Pate · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:18

Hahaha

Frozennova · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:19

That gave me and my dad a little smile while waiting for traffic on the M4

reflux · 10 Sep 2010 at 17:23

Lol, n00b error but we've all made 'em

Buckster · 11 Sep 2010 at 08:17

best thread ever

thanks for brightening up my morning

Avathar77 · 11 Sep 2010 at 08:22

Hah good one! Just made me wake up!

Buckster · 11 Sep 2010 at 08:23

funny thing in a half woken state I was thinking gosh how the heck's this happened ....

I've installed about 4 775 CPUs too

bobert50 · 11 Sep 2010 at 18:05

awwwww