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If you are new to replacing CPU, dont do this!

Robi_uk

Robi_uk

Robi_uk

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So after getting 3 Windows restarts today whilst idle I decided to go and swap out my PSU to the new one... whilst at it I thought I will reapply the thermal compound after giving it a good clean (I didn't clean my heatsink when I initially first installed the 2700x... as I didn't remove the old paste last time I ended up with too much and CPU was glued to the heatsink! being almost close to midnight I didn't realise and just yanked it out of the socket CPU and all!
Ended up getting some paste on a few cpu pins... so cleaned those as best as I could. then as I was putting cpu back in realised I bent one of the corner pins.... started cursing myself at this point I mean only had the CPU a few weeks... gave the pin a bit of a push in the right direction and then managed to put it back in the socket... Was relieved when PC started back up after taking a while thinking about it and the mobo was cycling through loads of different codes. Don't know if that is normal as I never paid attention to it before.

PC up and running now, but has anyone had experience of this before? Slightly bent pin, will it impact on performance/life if cpu?
And to those new to this and thinking of replacing/resetting their CPU don't make the mistakes I made!
 
Depends on the pin and what it's used for. Had a Sandy Bridge i5 on a motherboard with a bent pin. One of the four RAM slots wouldn´t work anymore. Luckily only 2 RAM slots were occupied so it wasn't a problem.
 
AMD CPU's, ive ripped mine out of the socket loads of times whilst trying to remove the heatsink, and bent pins on it too, just very carefully straighten it out and slide the cpu off the bottom of the heatsink, it is a worry, but never had any problems with it.

To save the worry, I now run 30 mins of prime95 then quickly shut down and remove the water block as fast as possible whilst the paste is soft and nice and warm.
 
In my experience its far easyier to deal with bent pins on a chip then a board , bent so many pins on athlon and duron chips of the past . My method is debit card across a line of pins and push forward and bring up . To date ive saved all the cpus ive ever bin overly rough with .
 
little tip for those that dont know, when removing a heat sink from cpu once the screws are out give the heat sink a little twist left and right then remove it :)
 
Another little tip, do it after the PC has been on for a while. The leftover heat helps with taking the cooler off... unless the paste is completely rock solid dry.
 
Thanks for the tips never knew this was an issue.

Will make sure I run it for a bit and then give it twist when I swap coolers.
 
My sons replacement cpu came yesterday. Before taking out the 9500 I got him to play a game for 20 mins and then shut it down and changed the cpu over. Makes life a lot easier and so much less force needed to remove the cooler.
 
I've straightened out pins in a CPU socket before, some fine tweezers, some patience and a lot of shaking hands but the machine booted and ran no problem for well over 4 years, and is now in my sons PC and has been running no problem at all. As long as they make electrical contact they should be ok :)
 
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