Possibly one of the worst bent lga1150 socket pin cases: is it repairable?

[Tim92G]

Welp I accidentally damaged the cpu socket pins on my motherboard for the first time. I'm pretty sure it happened from screwing on the heatsink of my Noctua cooler too tightly. It got messed up pretty badly. There are at least 3-4 broken pins. I already applied for an RMA with Gigabyte and I'm 99% expecting that the socket will have to be replaced for $45. Just wondering if there is any chance in h*ll that this socket can be salvaged by a technician.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I seriously doubt that will ever be viable , time for a new board.

 

[glamdringfh]

Nope, you'll need to have that replaced.

 

[seeingeyegod]

how do you even do that? Break pins from screwing a heatsink on too tight? What did you use to screw it on, an automotive compressed air powered rotary tool?

 

[giantbucket]

impact wrench FTW!!!
of course, trim excess parts with die grinder. if heatsink not on as desired, use air-chisel to quickly remove heatsink and re-attach.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Holy crap, no way, that thing is screwed!

 

[GaryO63]

...or,remove ALL pins prior to heat sink application THEN glue ALL pins back in one by one.