Intel CPU socket repair

[Uziel Gal]

Hi guys..... that's a universal 'guys' greeting - no sexism! That's equality, that is.....

Long story short, I have an old Z87 mATX board, which is in perfect condition, other than a damaged CPU socket.

While it would be nice to ditch that, and replace it with Z370 and an 8700K, with the excessive current pricing of DDR4 RAM, along with cash being tight anyway, switching to a whole new chipset is not an option at this time.

I have obtained a new CPU socket, but was unable to jerry-rig a reballing station, and only mangled the old socket further, without removing it.

I wondered if anyone was aware of anyone in the London area who was able to replace CPU sockets?

Cheers
SteveW
Chingford
East London

 

[Uziel Gal]

For what it would cost for someone that knows that they are doing to do what you are after it would cost about the same as purchasing a working 2nd hand Z87 mATX board that isnt damaged...

Very valid point, but hard to confirm what condition a second hand board will be in. At least I know that my board is perfect and fully functional..... other than the socket.

Repaired my mates bent socket pins easily after watching some youtube videos, pliers, razor blade and sewing needles. Need a shed loads of patients and time.

I did try realigning the pins, but no luck unfortunately.