Question Very slightly bent a motherboard pin.

[Deleted member 2919331]

Hey guys, so as the title reads I was removing my CPU for cleaning and somehow managed to very slightly bend a pin in doing so. I don’t know how, I was extremely careful and i’m very paranoid about my brand new hardware so i’m beginning to believe this may actually have come like this fresh out of the factory.

Would be very greatful to hear some of your opinions on this. Should I try to fix it and possibly bend it even worse, or do you think that it’ll still make decent contact with the CPU? Thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

Make and model of said afflicted motherboard? You could drop in a processor and hope that it works. If it does, then you don't need to bother with bending the pin back in place. If you get no POST or a black display, then you might want to get a pair of needles/fine pins, then use a set of helping hands(used for soldering) and try getting the pin back in place as the others though please keep in mind that it's going to be very hard even with steady hands. You could even break the pin off.

if the board came that way, out of the box, then don't waste time and RMA it! Period! you don't want to have fault come onto you for something you didn't do.

 

[Deleted member 2919331]

Make and model of said afflicted motherboard? You could drop in a processor and hope that it works. If it does, then you don't need to bother with bending the pin back in place. If you get no POST or a black display, then you might want to get a pair of needles/fine pins, then use a set of helping hands(used for soldering) and try getting the pin back in place as the others though please keep in mind that it's going to be very hard even with steady hands. You could even break the pin off.

if the board came that way, out of the box, then don't waste time and RMA it! Period! you don't want to have fault come onto you for something you didn't do.

Hi the motherboard is an ASUS TUF B660 Wifi

Unfortunately I can’t boot just yet since my PSU is currently RMA and i’m well aware how difficult bending the pin back will be, so i’m just crossing my fingers it’s not too bent. I’ve also read that it’s basically impossible to get a successful RMA for possibly bent pins.

 

[Deleted member 2919331]

Hi, i’m a PC building novice and i’ve had the misfortune of bending a pin (I think). I did make a post about it in the past but i’ve managed to get some pictures at a different angle and it seems a little more broken that I initially thought. I’ll post pictures below for you guys to see. As for fixing the pin myself, i’m really not confident enough to do that and break anything else, i’d rather take my chances with an RMA.

I’m struggling to find an LGA 1700 pin layout to identify the pin and what it’s for, and the layouts I did find for older LGA I can’t make sense of, because i’m really not that well versed on PC hardware and terminologies. The pin is bottom right, second across, three up. Any help would be appreciated greatly! If I can identify it’s use then I can begin to test whether it’s rendered anything broken.

 

[Lutfij]

I was going to ask if the board came that way out of the box...if it did come that way and wasn't by your own fault, you're only wasting time. RMA it.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi the motherboard is an ASUS TUF B660 Wifi

Unfortunately I can’t boot just yet since my PSU is currently RMA and i’m well aware how difficult bending the pin back will be, so i’m just crossing my fingers it’s not too bent. I’ve also read that it’s basically impossible to get a successful RMA for possibly bent pins.

Yes, bent pins are almost 100% user error.
To prove otherwise, you'd have to do an unboxing video under carefully controlled conditions.

I had a Z77 board some years ago, with a couple of (user induced) bent pins.
I was able to fix it, and it ran for several years.

 

[Deleted member 2919331]

Yes, bent pins are almost 100% user error.
To prove otherwise, you'd have to do an unboxing video under carefully controlled conditions.

I had a Z77 board some years ago, with a couple of (user induced) bent pins.
I was able to fix it, and it ran for several years.

It doesn’t even seem bent…Just loose, like it’s fallen out. Wouldn’t the fact it’s a single pin that appears to be out of the socket kind of favour me in an RMA? Like what are the chances of me somehow loosening a singular pin like that, it’s actually pretty impressive lol but that’s just how unlucky I am.

 

[Deleted member 2919331]

I was going to ask if the board came that way out of the box...if it did come that way and wasn't by your own fault, you're only wasting time. RMA it.

Took your advice and requested an RMA just now. I was only hesitant because i’ve read that RMA for pin issues is basically a death sentence.

I do have some things in my favour though, the product came with its box and anti static bag torn to shreds, which is something I documented to the retailer. Also it had sticky orange residue on the back of it, which is something I relayed to the retailer. Those two things coupled with the fact it’s a single pin that seems loose gives me some confidence that they’ll side with me on this one!

 

[Deleted member 2919331]

Yes, bent pins are almost 100% user error.
To prove otherwise, you'd have to do an unboxing video under carefully controlled conditions.

I had a Z77 board some years ago, with a couple of (user induced) bent pins.
I was able to fix it, and it ran for several years.

Also just some context to this, when my package arrived the anti static bag had holes in it, like not small holes but more like somebody had torn it to pieces. This is something I documented to the retailer the moment I got the board.