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.

 

[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.

 

[Sean_UK]

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

 

[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.