Anywhere I can go to replace missing mobo pins?

[WangGang]

Or can I add some myself?

 

[Supahos]

eBay,buy a new used motherboard, replacing pins is a really really good way to ruin every other component in your rig

 

[WangGang]

eBay,buy a new used motherboard, replacing pins is a really really good way to ruin every other component in your rig

Except people are still selling x79 boards for $300-500. I can't afford that. Am trying to get an x79 board but they all broken or expensive.

 

[apk24]

Which pins are we talking about and what tools do you have at your disposal?
CPU socket pins? peripheral header pins?
SMD rework/reflow station? Soldering iron? Heat gun?

 

[WangGang]

Which pins are we talking about and what tools do you have at your disposal?
CPU socket pins? peripheral header pins?
SMD rework/reflow station? Soldering iron? Heat gun?

Its the CPU socket pins and all I have is a soldering iron. However, I have no experience with it,

 

[USAFRet]

Which pins are we talking about and what tools do you have at your disposal?
CPU socket pins? peripheral header pins?
SMD rework/reflow station? Soldering iron? Heat gun?

Its the CPU socket pins and all I have is a soldering iron. However, I have no experience with it,

And you will end up with a board even more broken than it is now.

 

[apk24]

Its the CPU socket pins and all I have is a soldering iron. However, I have no experience with it,

CPU socket pins without proper tools and experience is nigh impossible.

 

[Supahos]

Which is why I said eBay... It's that or build another.

 

[WangGang]

Which is why I said eBay... It's that or build another.

Well then.... You got an x79 mobo that you want to sell for cheap? (Getting desperate.) I