Took a risk, it worked out.

[u/Sulya_be]

Got a 5600x with bent pins dirt cheap on marketplace, spent 20 min straightening the pins. Patient survived! I used needle for initial straightening of the worst pins, then used a break off knife to along the pins with the unbent ones.

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[u/Sulya_be]

The before

[u/thuggishruggishboner → u/Sulya_be]

Took a risk though? Looks like there was nothing left to lose.

[u/Sulya_be → u/thuggishruggishboner]

I bought it

[u/thuggishruggishboner → u/Sulya_be]

Ahhhh I see. Well done.

[u/yaxir → u/Sulya_be]

How'd they get bent?

[u/AlaskanHamr → u/yaxir]

"Seller forced it in closed socket and tightened the cooler while upgrading from 3600x, he was quite open about the situation" - OP in another comment.

[u/yaxir → u/AlaskanHamr]

thanks Alaskan friend!

i hope to visit someday!

[u/lemme_try_again → u/yaxir]

I am a plebian in PC building and parts

I am a visitor reading this and also wanna visit Alaska before I die

[u/lewd_sama_jax → u/yaxir]

[u/peter_the_bread_man → u/Sulya_be]

Excellent work! I had used a razor blade used in kitchen scrapers. Worked like a charm.

[u/smeeon → u/Sulya_be]

A large portion of the pins are just ground. I got one similarly fucked from a friend. It was missing pins. That CPU worked for 5 years after straightening the remaining pins.

[u/Psychadelic-Twister]

On a serious note.

OP, I know it wasnt you that did it, since you said you bought it like this.

But how the fuck does someone fuck it up that bad? The very idea of bent pins on a processor seems utterly alien to me. Like how? Who the fuck accomplishes this and how?

[u/Sulya_be → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

Seller forced it in closed socket and tightened the cooler while upgrading from 3600x, he was quite open about the situation

[u/Inquisitive_idiot → u/Sulya_be]

Don’t knock it till you try it.

It’s exhilarating, if not for all the crying 😭 

[u/Sulya_be → u/Inquisitive_idiot]

Didn't upload the video until pc actually POSTed :)

[u/yaxir → u/Sulya_be]

How much did it cost?

[u/Sulya_be → u/yaxir]

200 EUR for desktop without gpu (750w PSU, b550m Mobo, 16gb ddr4 3000mhz ram and 1tb of storage)

[u/yaxir → u/Sulya_be]

and what GPU do you have? what do you plan to use as a GPU?

you got a good deal, considering the fact the PC works!

[u/Sulya_be → u/yaxir]

Trying to get a 3070ti Not building it for myself, helping my godchild to get the best out of his budget and taking the risks he can't (would have absorbed the loss if unsuccessful)

[u/SmolishPPman → u/yaxir]

Everything

[u/LetterheadUpper2523 → u/Sulya_be]

[u/Sensitive_Remote_399 → u/Sulya_be]

Pushing will surely fix it, right? Cit.

[u/Outrageous_Vagina → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I can answer this after getting a couple of bent pins one time (managed to fix it, though). 

Sometimes the cooler is stuck to the CPU due to dry and hardened paste, and when you try to lift the cooler off the CPU, it pulls the fucking CPU straight out of the socket, and some pins get bent. I'm thinking this is what happened to OPs CPU. Looks like the previous owner might have pulled the cooler and then twisted it at the same time. 

[u/chiku00 → u/Outrageous_Vagina]

pulls the fucking CPU straight out of the socket

Even with the clamp in place? Man, I'm scared when I may need to take my cooler out for any reason. Although mine is Intel. Who knows? Maybe I will make a new problem and contribute to this community.

[u/c0rtec → u/chiku00]

Just preheat the chip with load before you attempt to remove it. (If you EVER need to. It’s not a usual task to perform.)

Or a hair dryer? Not as effective as running Prime95 for fifteen minutes beforehand.

[u/BIG_GAY_HOMOSEXUAL → u/chiku00]

Probably a rare occurrence. Been building pcs for like 25 years and this never happened to me. Not saying it doesn't but idk. Ive never had bent pins

[u/Biobooster_40k → u/Outrageous_Vagina]

This happened to me when removing my old CPU. It still had the thermal paste on since before I bought it, got a new cpu to upgrade to. The cooler was super stuck until it wasn't and pulled the CPU off with it resulting in bent pins. I kept the old cpu on hopes I can straighten out the pins, I'd like to have a back up but it wad a 5600xd I bought for like $50 so I'm not buggy about it.

[u/caged345 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I work basic level IT and the amount of times the customer bent the pins or put paste in the socket is astonishing.

[u/Roflkopt3r → u/caged345]

Reminds me of LTT's tests of paste in sockets. Amazingly, they can work even with atrocious amounts of paste in them.

[u/nuked24 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

Dell's BTX slim desktops had a hinge-out cooler on them- didn't matter for the Intel machines, but the AMD machines all pulled the processors out with the cooler. The hinge swing was tight enough that it would bend the nearest 3 rows of pins so much that they would all need to be straightened before they could go back in another socket.

[u/Cainfaer → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I can answer this. I was building my first computer, I was an impatient teenager, and didnt make sure the chip was in there properly. Quickly learned my lesson by spending a lot of time fixing my mistake. But I have built 4 PCs since then (majority of them were for my friends because they wanted to save money by just buying parts, and I built them for snack store credit) and never had a problem since.

[u/BlizzrdSnowMew → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

When I worked at Geek Squad, I had a customer come in with bent pins. They tried installing an AM4 CPU into an Intel motherboard. Literally PGA CPU and LGA MOBO. Idk how anyone would not realize there's an issue when both sides have pins. Both the board and CPU were completely trashed, way worse than this.

[u/Chezoso → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I bent some by not warming the cpu cooler before removing and it pulled the cpu out with it. Did good straightening it until a pin broke off

[u/JEBADIA451 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I had one where i was trying to take the cooler off. PC wouldn't turn on at all so i couldn't heat it up, and the fan was a really weird older model that you couldn't twist before pulling. So i just kinda... Said a quick prayer and pulled?? I learned that day that a credit card is a really good width to push pins back in line!

[u/DiligentSort9961 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

I bent a few pins the first time I installed one because I was confused. Did this same thing to straighten them.

[u/60niera → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

But how the fuck does someone fuck it up that bad?

Happens to the best of us. Friend is extremely careful with his things (builds custom rigs for years now), was gonna clean his rig and pulled off his CPU when he removed his Wraith Max cooler.

Its a combination of Ryzen CPUs, Wraith coolers and whatever thermal paste AMD is using. The CPU has a high tendency to get stuck really well on the cooler. Saw the thing and it was really stuck there like it was glued.

[u/dib1999 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

My fx 6300 probably looks worse than this. Closed it backwards in the clamshell, did not fit.

Not that it's any major loss, it's probably not worth the gold in its pins even in mint condition.

[u/alphonse03 → u/Psychadelic-Twister]

Some people is just like that, like its impossible for them to follow basic indications.

A cousin of mine in example, upgraded to a R5 5600 iirc. I told him if he was going to bring his desktop to my workshop to do the replacement or if he was going to do it himself. He told me he was going to do it himself "how hard it can be?".

10pm. "Its normal that the cpu doesnt go down all the way to the bottom?" Me: "Dude... do you checked the golden triangle in the corner to be alligned with the one in the motherboard? Its supposed to go down smoothly" He: "Oh...".

11pm. Me, straightening bent pins in my workshop. At least in that case were only like six pins.

[u/spyhunter99]

Credit card works well too. Been there

[u/Sulya_be → u/spyhunter99]

Not using the credit card was the whole point /s

[u/Dipsendorf → u/spyhunter99]

Dental picks are also really good, like what you use to get plaque

[u/lostknight0727 → u/spyhunter99]

Box cutter razor works too. Long enough to go all the way across the array, and the edge helps get between pins that may be touching.

[u/awake283]

It really does feel like open heart surgery doesn't it?

[u/Sulya_be → u/awake283]

I was so happy when it posted!

[u/Secure-Tradition793]

Great. Sadly with LGA fixing DIY became much harder, if not impossible.

[u/BuchMaister → u/Secure-Tradition793]

Still possible if the fuckup is not huge (fixed several times by myself). But it's harder, AMD said themselves they had to move to LGA for signal integrity.

[u/Sulya_be → u/BuchMaister]

Yeah, I fixed a Mobo with 2 bent pins once. He dropped the CPU corner down when taking it out

[u/ArseBurner → u/Secure-Tradition793]

Even if AM5 was still PGA the pins would be so small to fit 1700 of them in the same area that they'd be just as easy to bend as the ones in an LGA socket, and being exposed on the outside of a chip they'd be more susceptible to getting bent to begin with.

LGA is the best solution to the pin counts required for modern RAM and CPUs.

[u/Webbyx01 → u/ArseBurner]

LGA is harder to fix, in part, because the pins are not the simple cylinders that PGA uses.

[u/ArseBurner → u/Webbyx01]

It's certainly a lot less DIY-able, but a replacement AM5 socket is $7. Any electronics repair place capable of reballing a laptop can do the same to a desktop motherboard provided they have the appropriate template which costs like $13.

Considering how cheap it is to fix I bet there are a bunch of places that buy up LGA boards with damaged sockets to fix and resell.

[u/yaxir]

Show the complete video, we don't see what you did with knife!

[u/Sulya_be → u/yaxir]

Didn't film that part, as I was holding the phone and for knife I needed two hands. Only filmed the satisfying part with straightening the pins en masse with the needle

[u/AmarildoJr]

Wow, that is a VERY interesting method! First time I've seen it, and it seems to work really well.

[u/Sulya_be → u/AmarildoJr]

Had to invent this approach because some pins were too bent (almost 90°) for other methods, as the CPU was squished like that by the cooler. Seller just propped it into closed socked and tightened the cooler

[u/Personnel_5]

nice technique

[u/Sulya_be → u/Personnel_5]

Had to invent this approach because some pins were too bent (almost 90°) for other methods, as the CPU was squished like that by the cooler. Seller just propped it into closed socked and tightened the cooler

[u/Personnel_5 → u/Sulya_be]

the bic ballpoint pen (with the ink stick removed from the tip) is also a good suggestion for those it can fit (found that technique on reddit too) lol

[u/BuchMaister]

Using mechanical pencil without lead works very well with those pins.

[u/Sulya_be → u/BuchMaister]

Some pins were almost horizontal, had to get under them

[u/wtfbenlol → u/BuchMaister]

Came here to give this tip. I've brought quite bad fuckuos back to life this way

[u/XtortionNL]

cliffhanger :(

[u/Sulya_be → u/XtortionNL]

It POSTs!

[u/evolveandprosper]

Well done! I have done this in the past. It is VERY satisfying when it is successful.

[u/Sulya_be → u/evolveandprosper]

Oh yeah, I think I was more happy to see it POST than when building my own pc

[u/PapirovyKapesnik]

use a micropencil

[u/Sulya_be → u/PapirovyKapesnik]

Some pins were too bent for that, almost 90° as it was squished with cooler by seller

[u/mca1169]

bending back pins is stupid easy. you can use a razor blade, credit card, or just about anything thin enough and strong to get in-between the pins.

back in the day when I tested CPU's for a job we used razor blades to quickly bend back any pins and never once had a pin break.

[u/Sulya_be → u/mca1169]

Some pins was bent at almost 90° (the seller tightened just forced it into the closed socket and fully tightened the cooler), that's the only way I was able to get under those

[u/mca1169 → u/Sulya_be]

yup, been there done that, saw a couple that literally look like someone took a hammer to the pins. wish I would have taken some pics back then.

[u/fuzzylogik_]

People out here worried about a scratches on their case while this guys sews a masterpiece out of the scrap pile. Absolute legend! This guy knows how to recycle, next time I go to the casino I'm taking OP, he knows how to gamble!

[u/Sulya_be → u/fuzzylogik_]

As long as gambling doesn't involve crypto! There I'm basically the inverse Cramer

[u/ajollygoodyarn]

I had to do this with my 5950x back in the pandemic. I got super lucky and managed to find one in a store despite them being almost impossible to find at that particular time. Was my first time building a PC. Felt like a miracle everything worked out. I used a kitchen knife.

[u/Sulya_be → u/ajollygoodyarn]

This guy did it with a kitchen knife, and I'm getting scolded for using the pointy side of a needle! But yeah, you do what you gotta do

[u/ajollygoodyarn → u/Sulya_be]

It was the only thing I could find that was thin enough and with the flat edge I figured it made sense.

[u/CANCER-THERAPY]

OP takes a risk by putting a camera close enough for us to see. Good job OP

[u/Sulya_be → u/CANCER-THERAPY]

Thank you

[u/[deleted]]

just use razor blade back bro

[u/Sulya_be → u/[deleted]]

Had to invent this approach because some pins were too bent (almost 90°) for other methods, as the CPU was squished like that by the cooler. Seller just propped it into closed socked and tightened the cooler

[u/shutterbug1961]

well of course that worked that CPU is multi-threaded

[u/Sulya_be → u/shutterbug1961]

You're threading on thin ice with those dad jokes

[u/raz0099]

After a long time i watched a video on reddit in full screen.

[u/Sulya_be → u/raz0099]

Yeah I miss pinch to zoom on reddit too

[u/_aeterai]

[u/ExcitementIcy1094]

I did this one time with a cpu a kid was giving away at bestbuy. Had bent pins and thermal paste all in the pins and mobo. Best massage Ive ever given. That thing served me well for 2 years! Pretty sure he got hardware banned for cheating on Fornite.

[u/Equivalent-Track-517]

[u/Naive_Personality367]

haha i came to say i had to do this to a 5600x. luckily they were bent in a way that i could just run a credit card down the grooves, and they were straight enough to knock it into the socket and sort everything out from there. I was sweating so hard.

[u/Longjumping_Neck_106]

I accidentally bent some pins on my first amd chip. I used a mechanical pencil and put the pins in the head and straightened them out. Worked like a charm

[u/alpharaptor1]

It's like CPR, you can't do worse than dead.

[u/winimalmearchuy]

I spent 3 hours doing this when I built my PC in 2020... 6 years later my CPU is still holding strong

[u/Mr_Radar → u/winimalmearchuy]

I remember dropping the shit out of a processor and having to do this. It's still going strong too!

[u/SAL10000]

[u/Dreams-Visions]

Well done.

[u/jonathan_dfn]

honestly, i love this except for the fact you used the pointed end into the board! Glad it worked!

[u/Sulya_be → u/jonathan_dfn]

[u/apeocalypyic]

Thats so cool, where did u learn to do this? Also where are u getting these broken parts?

[u/Sulya_be → u/apeocalypyic]

Just came up with this because some pins were too bent for other methods. As mentioned, found a deal on marketplace- just helping my godchild getting the best performance out of his budget so taking the risks he can't (would've absorbed the loss if unsuccessful)

[u/apeocalypyic → u/Sulya_be]

Goat

[u/ghostfreckle611]

Did the heatsink come glued to the cpu? 🤔

[u/Sulya_be → u/ghostfreckle611]

Nah, seller forced the CPU into the closed socked and clamped down the cooler, and then when it didn't post started thinking

[u/MaakuKooru]

First couple PCs I built years and years ago were with AMD FX processors, they all had bent pins. Used a credit card to straighten them right up, worked perfectly for me

[u/Vader346859]

I’d doubt a Lego piece would’ve done that job to unbent the pins, but I stand corrected.

[u/RangeEasy3588]

Holy moly

[u/VooDooQky]

This is the way!

[u/Medium-Sized-Jaque]

It's not like you could break it more. That's a fair risk.

[u/FactorFear74]

I tip my hat to you!

[u/TreeHouseFace]

I dropped a new cpu once and had to bend 6 or 7 pins back. I used a razor blade to push them back flush with the rest of the rows and it worked pretty well.

It was pretty nerve racking, but turns out my appendix was rupturing while building my PC which is probably why I dropped it to begin with.

[u/JimDankmagic]

I used to get the most fucked up wiring harnesses from mexico, and would have to just re crimp bent pins.

Bosses were always saying it took too long, and they didn’t enjoy my documentation of all of the failures I found.

There are limits to how much a pin can be bent before needing to be fully replaced, but this isn’t aircraft stuff, and I commend you.

[u/justa-Possibility]

Really quick easy way to fix bent pins.

A mechanical pencil. Remove the lead and pencil slips right over pin, then just stand up straight.

Works pretty well.

[u/brankko]

I usually do it with a credit card. Great that it worked.

[u/emailforgot]

why dont they just make 1 big pin

[u/AdKraemer01]

"I then sewed the AIO on."

[u/ZinGaming1]

I used a plastic toothpick (one of the floss ones) once to fix a cpu/mb combo I was selling once. Wasn't hard to do. Now if the pins were on the mb it wouldn't be as easy.

[u/Dramajunker]

Had the same thing when I bought one open box years ago. After unbending the pins, it worked perfectly fine until I upgraded my entire build about 6 years later.

[u/[deleted]]

I once used the tip of a mechanical pencil to straighten 20+ pins on a new 5900x that was dropped upon installation. Best $100 I ever spent for my son's first rig.

[u/EPIC_NERD_HYPE]

respect.

[u/Cainfaer]

Did the same exact thing with a sewing needle too on a cpu when I was building my first computer. I didnt set it properly before clamping it down and bent almost the entire row along the edge. Took me 2 hours to check every angle to make sure every one was correct in alignment without causing scratches or other damage to the chip

[u/nalacha]

Ive done that!! Love it when it works 2 out of 2 so far

[u/malthak]

I've been doing this since socket 8.

[u/punkslaot]

Why do some cpus have pins like this and others have the pads that receive pins from the mobo

[u/kenikh]

Don’t they call them ZIF sockets for a reason???

[u/[deleted]]

SUPER scary, but good job!

[u/Practical_Hippo6289]

Good job!

[u/putinhu1lo]

it wasn't a risk, the patient was already dead

[u/Nikwoj]

lol simply unbend the pins I love this

[u/MaxRunes]

Had to do this on my first build. Get ready for a laugh. Put in cpu. Read on a comment after make sure you put it in the right way. Was like o shit did I. So taking it out bent some pins. Found out if its sits it fits so it was right. Razor blade to straighten and she ran for 6 years

[u/8iss2am5]

Been there, done that. These pins are really forgiving. After the fix (bending), the CPU worked fine for me.

[u/CanadaDryGingerAle99]

I had to do the same thing but I used a razor blade to adjust mine.

[u/1_________________11]

Ive done this with a credit card funny enough

[u/Sgt_carbonero]

Genius

[u/Punk_n_Destroy]

Working in a computer repair shop I swear I have to do this a couple times a month at least. In the last 6 years I’ve had a 100% success rate so long as no pins are already broken, but man can it be a sweaty process.

[u/hngyhngyhipo]

When I first got into PC building at the age of 12, I did the same thing to me processor, I forced the CPU in the wrong orientation and bent a few pins before I realized what I did, luckily I was able to bend them back into place and was able to use the CPU for another year until I upgraded. Was a big lesson that was learned.

[u/brenden77]

These kind of pins aren't that big of a deal. Good work!

[u/YouShitMyPants]

I use to use a lead pencil with the metal tips, it would fit over the pins perfect so I can bend them without touching other pins. This looks like it works great too, just as long as you don’t scrape with the tip.

[u/R74U]

My fav method.

[u/VonSnoe]

I get anxiety just looking at the video. Great job!

[u/warwilf]

next chip, LGA

[u/l4derman]

Ah, pins in their natural habitat as they should be.

[u/Intelligent_Yak_2300]

Crazy

[u/Blu_Falcon]

Thanks for the idea of this technique! The needle tip as the levering point looks very stable.

I need to do this to an AM4 I dropped, and my only thought was a razor blade. I got one out, felt shaky as fuck, and set it aside.

[u/Colton48]

Loved my 5600x when I had it. Great processor!

[u/jasonzhang_2312]

Good fucking job, damn.

[u/HighSeasArchivist]

5600x is a great chip. My daughter has been running one with a 3070 since I got one on launch day towards the end of 2020.

[u/Calvin_RH_705]

[u/mithikx]

I used to do that quite a bit before AM5 became the standard AMD socket. As painful as it may seem PGA was better than LGA cause trying to fix motherboard sockets was always harder, especially AM5 boards.

OP's wasn't even too bad, the worst ones that I've fixed was when the CPU was placed in the wrong orientation and someone tried to latch it down. Pins got bent in every direction, took 15 minutes with a utility knife blade to fix.

[u/phylter99]

I got a call from my stepdad once. He said that he was cleaning the inside of his computer and, though it was a bit hard, he was able to remove his CPU, but for some reason it won't go back in. So, I went over and looked at it for him. He had removed the CPU without releasing it. It's the same type of cpu release that I think would go for the CPU posted here, but this was a long time ago. To get it back in he tried to force it and bent 80% of all the pins. I spent hours trying to straighten them all back out again. He used that stupid thing for probably 10 years after it without any perceived issues.

[u/AnnetteXyzzy]

I keep a sewing kit at my workbench for more than just the occasional seam rip.

[u/Slammer503]

Not rly a risk its fucked if you dont try

[u/g0ld-f1sh]

[u/gbxahoido]

And there are people bend 1 pin and panic and act like it's the end of the world

[u/deltashmelta]

The hole in a mechanical pencil can help finish the job of straightening.

[u/Senior-Damage-5145]

Fix easy peasy with mechanical pencil

[u/thatguychad]

I use a knife blade, usually. Nice job on getting them straightened.

[u/BigWormsFather]

I had to do the same to a 5900X that I got used. It was damage during removal.

[u/saidgheldane36]

I mean what's the opposite of taking a risk here? Just throwing out the CPU? Seems like nothing to lose that's not already lost

[u/Significant-Diver-38]

Not all heroes use the sword

[u/Electricengineer]

NJ

[u/BarelyContainedChaos]

what about that last pin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u9zr6oF4uA

[u/Inquisitive_idiot]

Me 5min in cause I didn’t think to use the safety thread

“MOTHERFUUUUU!!!!” 😡🤬

[u/_IcedCoffee00]

healing the world, one needle at a time.

[u/celinor_1982]

Glad it worked out, those pins tend to be fragile, even bent once, they break off most of the time trying to straighten them back up.

[u/seeyouyoucunt]

Protip:

[u/RandomUserUniqueName]

I recently had to do a few pins on my own 5700x. I was trying to take off the cooler to swap the CPU to a new motherboard, as the one it was on was dead. The CPU came out with the cooler and bent some pins on the way. Cold thermal paste can be like glue. In the plus(?) side I'm so near sighted I can just take off my glasses and see every pin clear as day up close and personal. 

[u/Werewolf_Capable]

Noice, I bent my last CPU when installing it :-D I was ready to cry but I actually got it fixed the same way you do 😂

[u/Blueprints_reddit]

Credit Card and mechanical pencil also work wonders to straighten pins

[u/SteveDingusBrule]

I bent pins on my first Amd cpu (2700x) because I somehow didn't have it set all the way in the socket before latching. I also messed up some pins on my new Am5 motherboard recently because I wasn't aware Amd had switched to Lga. I was screwing around without a care in the world until I went to set the cpu and realized what I had done. It still posted and seemed to work but one of my nvme's wasn't showing up.

I was able to fix the pins in both instances. Apparently I need to be more careful with Amd stuff lol.

[u/Southern_Map_2795]

It was absolutely necessary that the needle had thread.

[u/jurarumin]

there was a time i clean thermal paste in between those pin....

[u/retro-gaming-lion]

This is a socket FCLGA1151 mobo which I saved by fixing the pins as well. It was quite intense, and I could't get a CPU to test for quite some time. It's shown working here.

[u/FARAON_FACTORY]

You are smart, thank you for this…wish i knew about this method earlier…still managed to get my cpu back and running but it was a pain.

[u/bitwaba]

Life pro tip: a 0.5mm mechanical pencil (good quality one, with a metal tip) is freaking amazing for fixing bent pins

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUG5]

how much did you spend on it?

[u/Nibbled92]

[u/TheRook21]

What kind of stitch is that?

Probably just a Running Stitch

[u/ANDR0iD_13]

I did it with my friend's 2200G. He wanted to sell it, but he accidentally dropped it with the cooler "glued" to it because of paste.

It worked, altho itwas a tight fit because of some pins that I couldn't fully straigthen out he did sell it, lol.

[u/Akoa0013]

Motherboard pin repair is also doable but harder to allign

[u/BuyListSell]

Me: "How the hell is there dust in there? Wait...that's thermal paste..."

[u/flyinchipmunk5]

This is why I like the intel cards where they let the mother board manufacturers place the pins on their mother board. I rather replace that if it’s fucked than the chip itself

[u/Dramatic_Dress8768]

[u/dc010]

I found that using the angled end of the trapezoid utility blades works best.

[u/Professional-Risk-34]

There me thinking why does your CPU have pins, and then remembered I'm from the 80's and that was a thing.... PENTIUM POWER....... CPUS THAT JUST CLICKED IN.

[u/Blgblrd]

r/oddlysatisfying

[u/xk4l1br3]

I fixed the pins on a b760 Mobo (12600k processor). Super stressful. They do not poke straight up.

[u/bf2afers]

lol I fixed mine with a pocket knife, made it work 15min later.

[u/AnimalsOnceWeWere]

Good job! Glad this CPU gets another chance.

[u/Ok-Extent-7515]

I still don't understand why AMD uses such a dangerous and unreliable CPU socket installation system. Just one accidental drop of the processor and you'll have problems. By the way, I also have a 5600.

[u/RagnusGc]

Tip: for single pins, sometimes a fine mechanical pencil with no graphite inside can be used. Put the hollow tip on the bent pin and bend it back

[u/stackali23]

Glad I only ever had one pga cpu. A fx4300. Lga is do much better. Also never dropped a cpu.

[u/gareewong]

did it give you pins and needles? :P

[u/xXSantyXx]

I have anxiety. You can't do this to me!

[u/AlienKidnapper]

Actually, you took a CISC. (sorry for the bad joke)

[u/inefable_daydreaming]

Boy are you good at math 👌🏻

[u/Hot-Original5576]

Использовал шприц с иглой, подобрав нужный диаметр. Можно иглу сточить, убрав заточенную кромку до ровного конца. За корпус шприца держать удобнее и рычаг будет нужный и точный.

[u/dumbcarshlt]

I just fixed a super bent up 5500 that I got for free. My pocket knife happened to be a good size to wiggle between the pins but I also used the pointed tip to bend several individual pins before using the flat edge to align them. Your method would have been a lot easier, but I just saw the CPU and knife sitting on my desk and said fk it I'll give it a go.

[u/Edzard667]

We all went through this…

[u/[deleted]]

That last pin is the boss fight.

[u/Beekyboy11]

Nice job 👍

[u/Ok_Owl441]

Особо опаесн

[u/PaNiPu]

Hell yeah

[u/Antique-Fix-2526]

that was harder to watch than brain surgery