Dropped my amd cpu

[Persons]

I dropped my amd fx 9590, it was still in the box and the plastic it came in. It dropped about 1 meter on to a hardwood floor and there is no visible damage. Should I be worried ?

 

[Gam3r01]

If there is nothing visibly damaged with it, then there shouldnt be anything wrong with it (other than the fact its a 9590)

 

[Robert Cook]

If there is nothing visibly damaged with it, then there shouldnt be anything wrong with it (other than the fact its a 9590)

the plastic should have protected the pins. it should be fine. it certainly cannot help to test it.

 

[Dulith1118]

man be careful with those expensive stuff

 

[Robert Cook]

I have had CPUs take rides in my pockets. needless to say that is a terrible idea, but they did survive. CPUs are pretty tough. only tougher part would be RAM.

 

[Persons]

If there is nothing visibly damaged with it, then there shouldnt be anything wrong with it (other than the fact its a 9590)

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Even if the plastic cover wasn't protecting it, it still wouldn't break. I've literally never seen that happen.

 

[Robert Cook]

Even if the plastic cover wasn't protecting it, it still wouldn't break. I've literally never seen that happen.

well as it is AMD if the pins get it, you are done. also a strike right to the silicon will kill a CPU. RIP core two duo 2K15 was dropped never would break a sad 1.8GHz....

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Yeah my experience is obviously different from yours then. Perhaps Intel are more sensitive to physical damage than AMD CPU's?

 

[Robert Cook]

Yeah my experience is obviously different from yours then. Perhaps Intel are more sensitive to physical damage than AMD CPU's?

well it fell around 4 feet on a tile floor. and it was a lame chip so it might not have been dove after for the way say a 5690X would be dove after for. ( I have stacks of core two duos for unknown reasons)

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

My friends FX 6300 fell on the floor 3 times during install. One of the 3 with the heatsink still attached to it, glued together with the thermal paste. I didn't immediatly check the pins, but when installing it, it was facing the wrong direction 2 times in total I think, maybe 3. That was the reason I'm sure for the bent pins. He gave it to me, I used a card and I used tweezers, the pins are basically bent 2 directions. Picture a broken stick. After that I took over, because I did this at night, my friend wasn't there, so I proceeded to installing the CPU. 1 pin was so badly bent, it wouldn't just sit inside the socket without having to push down. I did the best I could, and with a tiny bit of force, I heard the same sound you hear when scratching a chalk board, and I installed the Hyper 212 EVO ontop of it. Ran benchmarks, overclocked it, still running to this day. This was 3 years ago.

 

[Robert Cook]

My friends FX 6300 fell on the floor 3 times during install. One of the 3 with the heatsink still attached to it, glued together with the thermal paste. I didn't immediatly check the pins, but when installing it, it was facing the wrong direction 2 times in total I think, maybe 3. That was the reason I'm sure for the bent pins. He gave it to me, I used a card and I used tweezers, the pins are basically bent 2 directions. Picture a broken stick. After that I took over, because I did this at night, my friend wasn't there, so I proceeded to installing the CPU. 1 pin was so badly bent, it wouldn't just sit inside the socket without having to push down. I did the best I could, and with a tiny bit of force, I heard the same sound you hear when scratching a chalk board, and I installed the Hyper 212 EVO ontop of it. Ran benchmarks, overclocked it, still running to this day. This was 3 years ago.

That is some great dedication. did you use a razor blade in between the rows of pins to make them align?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

No, a card and tweezers did the job for me. I'm curious what it looks like actually, I haven't seen it in a long time. I'm afraid that if I remove the CPU, it would break. My friend is using his PC every day so I won't risk it. It's an interesting story though. Because of it, I think that CPU's don't really break easily. I'm not able to throw multiple CPU's on the floor either, for science... 😛

 

[Robert Cook]

I would drop another core two duo ( another trashy 1.8 GHz one) but it nearly chipped the tile floor last time. and tile work takes forever to repair.