Motherboard cpu pins

[nighticbeats]

Hi, while trying to install the cpu, I bent three or four pins on the motherboard. I've tried to fix them as much as I could. I'm wondering if it will work or if it's broken?

https://ibb.co/iS1G8x
https://ibb.co/hZT2gH

 

[Gam3r01]

The ones in the first picture could use some more work (toothpick, mechanical pencil, whatever).
The second picture looks fine.

Basically, once you get them as close as you can give it a shot. Its either going to work or it wont.

 

[jacobweaver800]

Hi, while trying to install the cpu, I bent three or four pins on the motherboard. I've tried to fix them as much as I could. I'm wondering if it will work or if it's broken?

https://ibb.co/iS1G8x
https://ibb.co/hZT2gH

It's very possible to get it working again, but be careful LGA pins can be broken very easily while bending them back.

 

[USAFRet]

Oh yeah, that first pic needs some more work.

One of my systems a year ago:
Bent motherboard pins
Before - No boot

After - boot success

 

[jacobweaver800]

Oh yeah, that first pic needs some more work.

One of my systems a year ago:
Bent motherboard pins
Before - No boot

After - boot success

Yeah it totally works if you get the straight, same with pga like AMD CPU's I bent the pins on my old Athlon x2 250 and straightened them and it works fine still.

 

[nighticbeats]

Thanks for answering, I did some work on them - do they look good enough?


https://ibb.co/kdKNix

 

[jacobweaver800]

Thanks for answering, I did some work on them - do they look good enough?


https://ibb.co/kdKNix

No, 2 of them won't work, and that one looks pretty bad still, you need to get it as perfect as possible its tedious work but the straighter the better your chance of it working is.

 

[Susquehannock]

Agree. That one still needs work. Try to ensure all the tips make a nice straight even line.

Look closely at the contact pads on the bottom of the CPU and you will see why the tabs must be aligned properly.

 

[jacobweaver800]

Agree. That one still needs work. Try to ensure all the tips make a nice straight even line.

Look closely at the contact pads on the bottom of the CPU and you will see why the tabs must be aligned properly.

Too bad it wasn't an AMD cpu or older Intel one with the pins on the CPU still, there sooo much easier to fix.

 

[Gam3r01]

Agree. That one still needs work. Try to ensure all the tips make a nice straight even line.

Look closely at the contact pads on the bottom of the CPU and you will see why the tabs must be aligned properly.

Too bad it wasn't an AMD cpu or older Intel one with the pins on the CPU still, there sooo much easier to fix.

Also easier to snap off if you work too fast.

 

[jacobweaver800]

Agree. That one still needs work. Try to ensure all the tips make a nice straight even line.

Look closely at the contact pads on the bottom of the CPU and you will see why the tabs must be aligned properly.

Too bad it wasn't an AMD cpu or older Intel one with the pins on the CPU still, there sooo much easier to fix.

Also easier to snap off if you work too fast.

Nah, the thickness of the pins on AMD CPU's is much greater than on LGA sockets, all you need to do on an AMD CPU is run a razor down the rows and moevit back and forth to line up bent pins with the rest.

 

[Susquehannock]

Nah, the thickness of the pins on AMD CPU's is much greater than on LGA sockets, all you need to do on an AMD CPU is run a razor down the rows and moevit back and forth to line up bent pins with the rest.

Agreed. Razor trick works nicely. Have wondered if AMD considered ease of repair, at least in some small way, when choosing pins for the Ryzen CPU line.

Would say that LGA socket pins are more like 'tabs'. Ones that when bent often must be bent both upward, and radially, to align with the CPU contact pad. On CPU pins are much easier to fix, and will correct themselves somewhat when slid into the board socket holes.

 

[jacobweaver800]

Nah, the thickness of the pins on AMD CPU's is much greater than on LGA sockets, all you need to do on an AMD CPU is run a razor down the rows and moevit back and forth to line up bent pins with the rest.

Agreed. Razor trick works nicely. Have wondered if AMD considered ease of repair, at least in some small way, when choosing pins for the Ryzen CPU line.

Would say that LGA socket pins are more like 'tabs'. Ones that when bent often must be bent both upward, and radially, to align with the CPU contact pad. On CPU pins are much easier to fix, and will correct themselves somewhat when slid into the board socket holes.

Yeah, I wonder if Intel uses FCLGA sockets to, in most cases, make us buy a new board because they are much harder to repair once bent.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, I wonder if Intel uses FCLGA sockets to, in most cases, make us buy a new board because they are much harder to repair once bent.

I highly doubt that is an issue.
The number of boards that have the CPU changed is tiny.
Of those, the number of boards where any pins get bent is even tinier.

If you're not careful, you can break off an AMD pin just as easily as you can screw up an Intel pin.
On aircraft connectors, we would use a 0.7mm mechanical pencil over a bent pin. And I watched people break those off as well.

 

[jacobweaver800]

Yeah, I wonder if Intel uses FCLGA sockets to, in most cases, make us buy a new board because they are much harder to repair once bent.

I highly doubt that is an issue.
The number of boards that have the CPU changed is tiny.
Of those, the number of boards where any pins get bent is even tinier.

If you're not careful, you can break off an AMD pin just as easily as you can screw up an Intel pin.
On aircraft connectors, we would use a 0.7mm mechanical pencil over a bent pin. And I watched people break those off as well.

Yes you can break an AMD pin, but it's actually harder to break and AMD pin since the gold is thicker than those of an FCLGA board and more flexible on drops.

 

[nighticbeats]

How do they look now?
Would it affect the motherboard or cpu if I boot up and test it?
I feel like if I move it too much it's gonna fall off and cause more damage.
https://ibb.co/fV1MgS
https://ibb.co/cMu7MS

 

[USAFRet]

How do they look now?
Would it affect the motherboard or cpu if I boot up and test it?
I feel like if I move it too much it's gonna fall off and cause more damage.
https://ibb.co/fV1MgS
https://ibb.co/cMu7MS

A couple of them still look pretty mangled.

 

[jacobweaver800]

How do they look now?
Would it affect the motherboard or cpu if I boot up and test it?
I feel like if I move it too much it's gonna fall off and cause more damage.
https://ibb.co/fV1MgS
https://ibb.co/cMu7MS

A couple of them still look pretty mangled.

Don't be afraid to work on them a bit, here watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1H5_FVX9lU should be similar enough on how to fix it.

 

[Susquehannock]

How do they look now?
Would it affect the motherboard or cpu if I boot up and test it?
I feel like if I move it too much it's gonna fall off and cause more damage.
https://ibb.co/fV1MgS
https://ibb.co/cMu7MS

A couple of them still look pretty mangled.

Agreed. Pin near center of first image is a no go. Try to rotate it counter-clockwise a bit so the very tip is in a straight line with all the others. Very small needle nose pliers or tweezers will do. Be gentle of course.