UK based cpu pin repair shop?? 3700x

dogbertx

dogbertx

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So built a new system the other day, found the stock a AMD cooler too dam loud so went to replace it. First problem i knew about the hard process of removing the cooler from vids, but still happen to me, the motherboard of the ultra has puny latch to hold cpu in place. So the cpu was yanked with cooler, and in doing so thermal paste landed on some pins.
So i tried to clean it, with soft toothbrush, it seem to go ok, so i put in cpu again motherboard blank screen but power of fans was going. So took apart again, tried to clean the same area again with magfify glass toothbrush and needle. While doing so the cpu dropped on motherboard and bent some pins!! on the outer edge 5 pins i think.

So tried to bend them back not perfect but it seem to fit the socket.
1 So either the still some micro paste on pins
2 Bent / missing pin i cant see or notice
3 motherbaord socket damage


Ryzen 3700x
Gigabyte aorus ultra x570 (Puny CPU lever!)

Can anyone link me a cpu repair shop in UK, maybe a drop in center om london !? i googled but all i get are upgrade shops. Not real microchip repairs
 
first of all removing a cooler isn't hard. i've done tons of them now.

second of all there is no way paste should be getting near pins with correct application. you used too much paste. less is more when it comes to paste. some people think the more the better. but that makes things worse. so again looks like user error.

third bending pins back is easy to do with tweezers then when roughly in place shove into cpu socket to straighten out 100% i've don't this on 2 cpu's and both worked fine.

so i'm guessing you still have paste on the cpu which means you now have paste in the mobo socket.

i'd sell both as spares and repair and buy new ones personally. paying someone to fix them might not fix them and you are down money which could have been spent on new parts.

it sounds like you have killed something if you got a black screen when powered back on.
 
Any computer repair shop would

A) Not promise to be able to fix it
B) Probably charge you an "investigation fee" so as to account for their time even attempting to fix it
C) Do nothing more than basic attempts to bend the pins back as you could do yourself with general household tools (see video above)
D) Would be unlikely to be able to fix any actual damage to the CPU pins if you've snapped one, or the socket if you damaged it.

Have a proper look at the CPU, bend the pins back and then see if it properly sits inside the socket. If not, rinse and repeat until it drops in. When you are sure it's sitting as it should and it truly fell into place in the socket, clamp it down and try to boot again. Due to mucking about with it you may have to reset CMOS on the motherboard to get it to post properly.
 
I was using the stock cooler it had the paste on it already. I knew that people have had problems with this cooler when trying to remove it, i already seen videos on how to do it. But still happened.

Dont think any pins fell off just bent. on my first bending of the pins back it fitted the slot okay no wobbles!
i didnt see any wet paste on pins at the time, it landed on top of the pins, so i brush under up movement with toothbrush, and then use other bursh to keep cleaning the area.
 
dogbertx said:
I was using the stock cooler it had the paste on it already. I knew that people have had problems with this cooler when trying to remove it, i already seen videos on how to do it. But still happened.

Dont think any pins fell off just bent. on my first bending of the pins back it fitted the slot okay no wobbles!
i didnt see any wet paste on pins at the time, it landed on top of the pins, so i brush under up movement with toothbrush, and then use other bursh to keep cleaning the area.
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Have you got any pics of the CPU and socket?
 
i havent disassemble yet after paste cleaning and bent pins.
build 1 after 1st paste cleaning blank post startup
build 2 paste clean with rebent pins blank post startup
3 removed to corner of room to collect dust :)
4 put in old 8 year old rig

on a sidenote maybe the MB is okay, coz the cooler rgb colour scheme was what left it as, i dont know much how the RGB settings are stored. Also the ram rgb came on too. but i dont know, can the rest of the power flow bypass the cpu socket. Also on old pcs you could get a screen with no cpu. Can you on 570x boards

im going to try the pins again with credit card and need to buy a mechanical pencil for the nib trick as well
 
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Apparently one of the best things for straightening pins is one of those propelling pencils you used to get with the graphite leads you can add. Without the lead inside the nib is the perfect size and applies even pressure.
 
If you can straighten the pins so it doesn't look obvious and it still doesn't work then you might be able to rma the motherboard and CPU.
 
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