Oh dear...

[Sean_UK]

Have a spare 939 althlon xp3200; thing is i managed to bend 2 of the prongs on underside slightly whilst it was in storage. Now with the help of a trusty small tool i've managed to bend them back flush, done a very quick test and the system booted up the bios and read CPU clock speads etc so seems fine. But my question is will the bluddy thing be ok - as im using it to build mate a cheap and chearfull pc for uni. Are they that delicate that a misshap like such will have done perm damage or have i just got lucky maybe?

Please advise coz dont wanna build and find it dies in a day or something, gunna run 3dmark to cain it for 24hrs once its built maybe to stress test make sure alls well.

 

[Zefan]

I recall members saying they've done this before and it seemed fine. If it works now and for a week I'd say there's been no permanent damage done as it'd show pretty quickly.

 

[Rick_Barnes]

if you bend them too many times they break

i found out the hard way

 

[Sean_UK]

Lol that was a quick reply, thanks kinda puts mind at ease to read people have had simular misshap and got away with it.

 

[Sean_UK]

if you bend them too many times they break

i found out the hard way

Heh sorry to hear that well they were only slightly bent enough to stop cpu slotting home, like i say only bent them back once and allmost spot on again.

 

[Its_Me]

SHould be fine.

Even in some instances broken pins do not mean the CPU is dead, a lot of them are part of multiple grids carrying the same type of signal.

 

[Dureth]

I've bent pins back into place half a dozen times and all those chips are still running years on. Don't worry a second over it.

 

[Darkwave]

As said, these things work fine with a "pin rebending" with the old needle-noses. I've even had a couple of CPUs work fine after losing a pin (but obviously this is not a step to be taken lightly, if a pin comes off you should not even try using it unless desperate.)

 

[Sean_UK]

Thanks very much for replys, puts my mind at rest now.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Have a spare 939 althlon xp3200;

how did you manage to get an athlon xp on a socket 939 board? no wonder you bent the pins. xp cpus supposed to be socket 462 otherwise known as socket A.
don;t tell me you been trying to shove it into a socket 939 board?

 

[Sean_UK]

how did you manage to get an athlon xp on a socket 939 board? no wonder you bent the pins. xp cpus supposed to be socket 462 otherwise known as socket A.
don;t tell me you been trying to shove it into a socket 939 board?

Funny one arent you, slight typo.... Athlon 64, there happy now!

thing is i managed to bend 2 of the prongs on underside slightly whilst it was in storage.

Cyber-Mav you did'nt read 1st line of my post then? I did'nt bend the 2 two prongs trying to put cpu into the wrong board type, something rather heavey fell on CPU without me knowing inside drawer.

 

[Its_Me]

how did you manage to get an athlon xp on a socket 939 board? no wonder you bent the pins. xp cpus supposed to be socket 462 otherwise known as socket A.
don;t tell me you been trying to shove it into a socket 939 board?

that was the most helpful post I have seen for a long time

 

[Darkwave]

that was the most helpful post I have seen for a long time

Hey it happens all the time. People trying to put CPUs in a totally incorrect socket and breaking them, I mean.