CPU has no PINS!!! what the??

[Sig2525]

So i got an i5-3470 and an intel mobo.

tought of cleaning it so i removed the processor, to my surprise it has no pins!. all the pins were left inside the mobo socket.

i did not touch anything, just cleaned the thermal paste and put back the procie to the socket.

to my surprise it booted and showed windows.

so if i was to change a mobo should i manually pick the left pins inside the mobo and just allocate them the same way they were allocated on the intel mobo? will it work? - or even without the pins will the processor work?

thanks.....

 

[boju]

WHERE ARE THE PINS???

 

[George Mulligan]

The qualifications for badges is lax at best.

The badges are highly misleading honestly...

No more so than your avatar

 

[jimbodee]

So i got an i5-3470 and an intel mobo.

tought of cleaning it so i removed the processor, to my surprise it has no pins!. all the pins were left inside the mobo socket.

i did not touch anything, just cleaned the thermal paste and put back the procie to the socket.

to my surprise it booted and showed windows.

so if i was to change a mobo should i manually pick the left pins inside the mobo and just allocate them the same way they were allocated on the intel mobo? will it work? - or even without the pins will the processor work?

thanks.....

Forget about rep;lacing the socket, you know just enough to be dangerous! leave it to the manufactures who have the tools and the know-how to do it, stay the #@$%% out before you do something really dumb and have to buy a new mother board!

 

[RobCrezz]

i jsut removed the thermal paste so i could mount an aftermarket cooler, jsut did not notice they were not using pins haha, gave me a fright. but all is well

thanks guys..

What did you use to remove the thermal paste? If you just wiped it off you did it wrong and will negatively affect your thermals.

You NEVER take the CPU out. Not to remove thermal paste, nothing. Once it's in there, leave it in there. And you never remove your heatsink unless you have a newer better heatsink. For cleaning just spray some compressed air into the heatsink and you're done.

Don't be ridiculous, removing and reinstalling CPUs is a very easy task that's essentially risk free as long as reasonable care is taken.

+1

MisterSprinkles is scaremongering.

 

[mohit9206]

@MisterSprinkles
What are some of the most wacko things you have read on tech forums? Would love to know that.

 

[bmacsys]

This may have been the most amusing threads I have ever read. So much confusion mixed with dry, passive-aggressive humour! Best one in a long time. I actually read every comment it was so fun. Pins on that chip....hee hee hee! Have fun with that!

There are 1000 scintillating threads a week entitled- "my cpu is overheating", " do i need to reapply thermal paste" "my cpu is running slow", "my cpu is defective" "is this cpu futureproof?" "my overclock failed", "my computer has no video"' I bent pins on my cpu, what do I do now?" I am sure there are a few others I missed.

 

[davnel]

Many years ago, I built an i7-920/GA-X58A-UD5 system. The machine was flakey like you wouldn't believe. Keep in mind that ALL I? series CPUs are LGA, with the pins in the socket and pads on the chip. Those socket pins are FRAGILE! Somehow or other I managed to drop the CPU, edge on, into the socket and didn't notice the bent pins. When I finally got mad at the machine, removed the CPU, and looked at the socket pins with a stereo microscope, the bent pins were obvious. To the naked eye they appear to be a slightly darker line in the socket. Fortunately I was able to straighten them out and remount the CPU. Everything worked fine, and still does. That -920 is a killer when overclocked.

 

[mikef845]

i jsut removed the thermal paste so i could mount an aftermarket cooler, jsut did not notice they were not using pins haha, gave me a fright. but all is well

thanks guys..

What did you use to remove the thermal paste? If you just wiped it off you did it wrong and will negatively affect your thermals.

You NEVER take the CPU out. Not to remove thermal paste, nothing. Once it's in there, leave it in there. And you never remove your heatsink unless you have a newer better heatsink. For cleaning just spray some compressed air into the heatsink and you're done.

yeah, and to be sure, spot-weld that mofo in place, so that you NEVER EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE can remove it. in fact, forget spot welding - run a continuous bead weld along the outside. and then bolt it in place with some 1/2" tamper-proof bolts. then dip everything in epoxy, and then concrete. then put it in a vault and don't even LOOK at it.

Also put in some explosive bolts. When those mofu's unscrew the case, the whole thing will explode. That will stop them from being weirdos and upgrading and repairing thar komputer!!!!!

 

[MrZoolook]

All your pins r belong to us...

 

[Sig2525]

hahaha, i already get it now guys and it all turned out well ahaah..

tis what happens when u are all amd then suddenly jumping to intel haahaa....

 

[Pinhedd]

i jsut removed the thermal paste so i could mount an aftermarket cooler, jsut did not notice they were not using pins haha, gave me a fright. but all is well

thanks guys..

What did you use to remove the thermal paste? If you just wiped it off you did it wrong and will negatively affect your thermals.

You NEVER take the CPU out. Not to remove thermal paste, nothing. Once it's in there, leave it in there. And you never remove your heatsink unless you have a newer better heatsink. For cleaning just spray some compressed air into the heatsink and you're done.

Don't be ridiculous, removing and reinstalling CPUs is a very easy task that's essentially risk free as long as reasonable care is taken.

+1

MisterSprinkles is scaremongering.

Is that why LGA sockets have a maximum number of insertions?

It's not a maximum, it's a minimum. The mechanical specification for Intel's sockets requires that they be able to handle at least 15 full insertion/removal cycles before the mechanical measurements exceed tolerance. In practice, they can handle many, many more.

 

[RobCrezz]

i jsut removed the thermal paste so i could mount an aftermarket cooler, jsut did not notice they were not using pins haha, gave me a fright. but all is well

thanks guys..

What did you use to remove the thermal paste? If you just wiped it off you did it wrong and will negatively affect your thermals.

You NEVER take the CPU out. Not to remove thermal paste, nothing. Once it's in there, leave it in there. And you never remove your heatsink unless you have a newer better heatsink. For cleaning just spray some compressed air into the heatsink and you're done.

Don't be ridiculous, removing and reinstalling CPUs is a very easy task that's essentially risk free as long as reasonable care is taken.

+1

MisterSprinkles is scaremongering.

Is that why LGA sockets have a maximum number of insertions?

It's not a maximum, it's a minimum. The mechanical specification for Intel's sockets requires that they be able to handle at least 15 full insertion/removal cycles before the mechanical measurements exceed tolerance. In practice, they can handle many, many more.

Exactly. 15 Is a huge amount too, very rare to even do it that many times. Regardless the socket will handle a lot more as you say.

 

[Nitish Bhardwaj]

Intel processors don't have pins like Amd ones. SOCKETs for Intel CPUs are made with pins(stalagmite like). Never touch them.

Whereas Amd CPU have Pins and those pins go inside Socket.

 

[emanbrown2020]

Well see I recently got an old computer from a family friend I upgraded the graphics card easily. But when I pulled the cpu (intel xeon) but pins stayed in the cpu. I don't know if there is some sort of converter or something but I realy dont have the money to replace th MOBO. so if anybody can help with this I would realy appreciate it.

 

[RobCrezz]

Well see I recently got an old computer from a family friend I upgraded the graphics card easily. But when I pulled the cpu (intel xeon) but pins stayed in the cpu. I don't know if there is some sort of converter or something but I realy dont have the money to replace th MOBO. so if anybody can help with this I would realy appreciate it.

Start a new thread, put in all the details of the xeon model number etc.

This is an old thread and should be closed.