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Title: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: Roland1990 on April 11, 2011, 05:34:11 PM

long story short ( tl;dr)
mobo went, started smoking
quickly took apart rig
got to teh cpu cooler, CPU came with cooler, 4-5 pins bent
try it on another mobo ZIF still locks it in place
will it work? or do i have to buy a new mobo and CPU?

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: Roland1990 on April 11, 2011, 06:42:36 PM

bump
i guess this may be a stupid question lol. still very disheartening, ever since upgrading this rig ive had nothing but issues, will we see CPU's from AMD without pins? would love it if they would use th knobs like intel

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: zx2slow on April 11, 2011, 07:21:53 PM

  AM3+ has pins, AM4 socket will be out in 2012 and will likely be LGA due to the insane amount of pins needed to bring the whole northbidge on die.

  LGA has problems, but I prefer it over pins.  With the damaged described I dont think RMA is an option, most companies have people with almost super human abilities to detect socket/pin damage that are in charge of denying your warranty.

  The pins will break if messed with too much.  Grab a ultra fine mechanical pencil, one with a long metal tip is preferred.  Take out the led and bend the pins in the most careful way possible back to straight.  If the pin looks close enough its better not to mess with it.  You may still have a dead processor when you are finished but its worth a shot.

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: vincegun on April 11, 2011, 08:39:35 PM

hamsters. the answer is always hamsters.

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: {ShadowWX} on April 11, 2011, 09:50:49 PM

Quote from: vincegun on April 11, 2011, 08:39:35 PM

hamsters. the answer is always hamsters.

Especially when the question is, "What does ZX have up his butt?" J/K :hehemean:

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: The Shoctor on April 12, 2011, 08:41:46 AM

I thought he moved up to Guinea pigs?!

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: Petch on April 12, 2011, 08:43:34 AM

Pics or it didn't happen.

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: Roland1990 on April 12, 2011, 04:11:55 PM

Quote from: The Shoctor on April 12, 2011, 08:41:46 AM

I thought he moved up to Guinea pigs?!

This thread is now about Guinea pigs

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: zx2slow on April 12, 2011, 06:39:43 PM

This thread is about to get all kinds of classy!

Title: Re: Bent pins on an AMD phenom 955 blac edition
Post by: sully! on April 12, 2011, 08:23:54 PM

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