I dropped my E6600

[Raffi]

When i was trying to unpack the cpu,
..you know its in a tiny little box with plastic thing which you need to pull out,anyway short story is the cpu flew across my room landing on my very hard floor.
Do you think it may be damaged,i cant see any visual damage
it should be alright right?

 

[Stabhappy]

should be fine tbh.

 

[masslac]

Chances are it'll be OK. You could always just be sneaky and RMA it if there are any problems. OCUK won't lose any money, AFAIK.

 

[bailey12856]

if it was still in the little plastic box it should be ok, no major worries, just check for any bent pins etc. they can always be straightened out too

 

[Raffi]

pins are all fine,i think it landed on the other flat side.
problem is it wasnt in the plastic box when it took off

 

[masslac]

It'll be fine.

 

[bailey12856]

It'll be fine.

yeah shouldnt be any problems

 

[Amidar]

if it was still in the little plastic box it should be ok, no major worries, just check for any bent pins etc. they can always be straightened out too

I thought C2D's didn't have pins as the pins are in the cpu socket on the motherboard?

 

[JeffyB]

I thought C2D's didn't have pins as the pins are in the cpu socket on the motherboard?

Nope they dont have pins, was one of the things that always made me twitchy around amd64 chips.

 

[bailey12856]

I thought C2D's didn't have pins as the pins are in the cpu socket on the motherboard?

interesting i never knew that thats one less worry for me when my E6600 turns up on monday

 

[masslac]

interesting i never knew that thats one less worry for me when my E6600 turns up on monday

lol

 

[J.T]

Nope they dont have pins, was one of the things that always made me twitchy around amd64 chips.

You say that like AMD64 CPU's where the only CPU's to ever have pins

 

[JeffyB]

To me they were, hadn't built a pc before my amd64

 

[Darg]

Aren't 775 cpus the first to have the pins in the motherboard? All CPUs that I've seen before have had pins on the CPU, was always straightening them out

 

[Chris19]

Yep 775's were the first ones to have pins on the mobo... i think. The cpu will be ok proberly componts are surprisingly tough.

 

[JeffyB]

Aren't 775 cpus the first to have the pins in the motherboard? All CPUs that I've seen before have had pins on the CPU, was always straightening them out

Had a few moments like that and an early pc building thermal compound accident that ment i had to clean between the pins

 

[Fr0dders]

there are no moving parts on a processor

so providing the unit isnt damaged it will be fine.