Discussion Burnt pins in mobo's 24 pin

[Luís G.]

Hi. I am searching for a used system and saw an x58 system that I liked but the mobo had the upper 2nd and 3rd left pins burnton it. It's a p6ts w7 supercomputer if this helps. Do these pins make a difference and if so what do they do. Should I get the price down and buy it or would something not work?

 

[USAFRet]

Do NOT buy something with preburnt pins/components.

Unless you KNOW what happened and how to fix it, steer clear.

And...x58?
Why? This is a decade old platform.

 

[Ralston18]

Do not buy.

With burnt pins you have no idea what may have happened and even less idea of what else is likely wrong with that motherboard. Could even work at first but not for very long.....

 

[drea.drechsler]

Hi. I am searching for a used system and saw an x58 system that I liked but the mobo had the upper 2nd and 3rd left pins burnton it. It's a p6ts w7 supercomputer if this helps. Do these pins make a difference and if so what do they do. Should I get the price down and buy it or would something not work?

I'd add one thing: if it's too late and you couldn't pass it up DO NOT connect a good PSU to it! That's a good way to blow up a PSU...and CPU too.

 

[Luís G.]

Do NOT buy something with preburnt pins/components.

Unless you KNOW what happened and how to fix it, steer clear.

And...x58?
Why? This is a decade old platform.

OK got it. I have seen benchmarks that show that x5675 are great and even better when overclocked. Anyways thank u.

 

[Luís G.]

Do not buy.

With burnt pins you have no idea what may have happened and even less idea of what else is likely wrong with that motherboard. Could even work at first but not for very long.....

Thanks for your help.

 

[Luís G.]

I'd add one thing: if it's too late and you couldn't pass it up DO NOT connect a good PSU to it! That's a good way to blow up a PSU...and CPU too.

It isn't too late. Was just searching and found it. Never really thought I would get this many replies in a couple hours. Thanks for your help.