Cpu socket pin bent



That makes no difference.
With a bent pin, it will still "fit". It may not work.

From one of my recent systems:
Bent motherboard pins
Before - No boot
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After - boot success
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Use whatever, as long as it results in unbent pins, all on the same level as the others.
From doing mine, I'm not quite sure how a credit card would work.

Toothpick, maybe.