One day, I took out my CPU (that Core 2 Duo if you are following my previous thread, link here) in order to clean it from the previous thermal compound. After reinstallation, the PC would turn on, but there was no image. I took out the RAM & CPU and reinstalled them several times, however, the result was the same. Upon closer examination, I found out that 7 pins on the socket and 2 on the CPU were corroded.
CPU (underside): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rUOZ82GOjdfYxmiXbY4zV0xXO_M-iQMv/view?usp=sharing
Socket: (1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSUTu5aZt7VD16mQqa6TJViaGGVV59x6/view?usp=sharing , (2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD1eNXklXs3HBb8MPlML4Qa2TS21NfG6/view?usp=sharing
Those pins are probably some data pins, because I tested a 2nd processor (exactly the same as the 1st) and the results were same; no image at all. However, the processor heated up quickly in 2~5 secs while testing without a heatsink. I tried to fix it with a tiny drop of vinegar. That fixed some pins, but not all of them. (2 out of 7) Also, it was after the vinegar "treatment" that I discovered that 2 more pins were in even worse condition; the "end balls" that make contact with the CPU pins were missing.
So, is there anything that I can try to fix the socket or should I go and find a new motherboard?
CPU (underside): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rUOZ82GOjdfYxmiXbY4zV0xXO_M-iQMv/view?usp=sharing
Socket: (1) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSUTu5aZt7VD16mQqa6TJViaGGVV59x6/view?usp=sharing , (2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LD1eNXklXs3HBb8MPlML4Qa2TS21NfG6/view?usp=sharing
Those pins are probably some data pins, because I tested a 2nd processor (exactly the same as the 1st) and the results were same; no image at all. However, the processor heated up quickly in 2~5 secs while testing without a heatsink. I tried to fix it with a tiny drop of vinegar. That fixed some pins, but not all of them. (2 out of 7) Also, it was after the vinegar "treatment" that I discovered that 2 more pins were in even worse condition; the "end balls" that make contact with the CPU pins were missing.
So, is there anything that I can try to fix the socket or should I go and find a new motherboard?