I dropped my cpu

[gibudrevicius]

so i just dropped my i3 6100 without the plastic cover from about 0.4 m height and i will only be getting a motherboard next week to test if cpu is working. Now please tell me are my chances of this cpu being still functional are slim or not?
it landed on a wooden floor 🙁
(i hate myself)

 

[clutchc]

The only side to worry about is the side with the contacts. As long as none of the gold contacts are damaged, and as long as none of the resistors or capacitors was knocked loose from the center portion, you should be fine.

 

[alexoiu]

It's functional, don't worry.

 

[sizzling]

It probably got treated worse by the shipping company. Chances are its fine

 

[timmoseus]

clutchc hit the nail on the head. Check the gold connectors for damage/missing plates, and check the tiny capacitors/resistors. Chances are, it's fine. I work in a refurbishing shop and people are always mis-handling the CPUs they take out of motherboards. So far, they have all worked. Even when I have had to bend a pin or two back on an AMD CPU.

 

[gibudrevicius]

The only side to worry about is the side with the contacts. As long as none of the gold contacts are damaged, and as long as none of the resistors or capacitors was knocked loose from the center portion, you should be fine.

http://imgur.com/k0pMhOf
i havent noticed any physical damage #hopingforthebest

 

[Hlsgsz]

so i just dropped my i3 6100 without the plastic cover from about 0.4 m height and i will only be getting a motherboard next week to test if cpu is working. Now please tell me are my chances of this cpu being still functional are slim or not?
it landed on a wooden floor 🙁
(i hate myself)

This is one of the reasons why Intel puts pins on the MB nowadays(besides cutting cost. your chip is 100% perfectly fine..
Just be careful with static electricity.

 

[clutchc]

The only side to worry about is the side with the contacts. As long as none of the gold contacts are damaged, and as long as none of the resistors or capacitors was knocked loose from the center portion, you should be fine.

http://imgur.com/k0pMhOf
i havent noticed any physical damage #hopingforthebest

Looks fine in that picture.

 

[gibudrevicius]

Just so you know guys everything is working fine

 

[timmoseus]

Glad to hear it.

 

[clutchc]

Just so you know guys everything is working fine

Great. We would be surprised if the result was anything else ;-)