[SOLVED] Bent socket pins on 3rd gen i5 motherboard

Dec 27, 2020
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Hello, I recently wanted to set up a home server using spare parts of my previous PC, however, it turns out that I bent some of the pins in the motherboard, I don't know when exactly.
The motherboard is an ASUS H61M-K, here's a photo of the socket:
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I don't know what to do, should I try to repair it or buy a new motherboard? This is an issue for me as if I buy from Amazon / ebay I will have to pay a lot in shipment and I can't find any DDR3 motherboards for this CPU at a reasonable price.

Edit: the CPU is an Intel i5 3330
 
Solution
That's more than a couple of pins.

You can try. But don't be shocked if it doesn't work.

An Intel board of mine, a few years ago:

Before - No boot
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After - boot success
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to fix:
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