Storing CPU in mobo with bent pins in the socket safe?

[onni313]

I've kept my i5-3470 in my LGA 1155 mobo that has bent pins in the socket for about 2 months, and im going to sell it. Could my CPU be broken cause of these broken pins? I dont have any other LGA 1155 motherboards, and i want to sell it 100% working.

 

[Lawrence Taylor]

wait the pins on the cpu core are bent, or you have broken pins in the socket?

 

[theonerm2]

No. If the CPU is broken it's not because of those bent or broken pins. It should be fine if it was in working condition before.

 

[jr9]

If it's Intel then the pins are in the socket. The CPU is fine.

The motherboard not is OK if the pins in the socket are bent. If the pins are bent then the motherboard/CPU will not work until the pins are corrected or the motherboard is replaced. If you are planning on selling the CPU and motherboard as a combo, the buyer may end up sending it right back to you.