[SOLVED] what to do with broken cpu?

[PcGuy1050]

recently my trusty old athlon 64 4400+ failed and a pin snapped off. what do i do with it?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

You can give it to an electronics recycler in your area. CPUs contain valuable metals.

You could also do this:

https://imgur.com/sSwlS2u

View: http://i.imgur.com/sSwlS2u.jpg

 

[DSzymborski]

Drill a hole in it and make a keychain? Fabricate it into a paperweight? Recycle it?

In terms of using it in a computer, those days are over. If, for some reason, you really want to use this CPU in 2019, you can usually find them hanging around on eBay for $10-$15 or so.

 

[DSzymborski]

D'oh, Nighthawk just beat me to the keychain!

 

[NightHawkRMX]

D'oh, Nighthawk just beat me to the keychain!

I got the idea from my brother who took a Celeron 450 and made it into a keychain. I'm still hanging onto the battered and bent LGA775 board that belonged to that old dell. No clue why.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Attach it to a sappy tree and let it become encompassed by it. Wait several million years for the sap to harden into amber. Some future scientist will find it and using the pin from a future CPU to complete the sequence, will recreate the Athlon series processors which will then threaten mankind...


Or you could just make a keychain out of it.

-Wolf sends

 

[PcGuy1050]

Attach it to a sappy tree and let it become encompassed by it. Wait several million years for the sap to harden into amber. Some future scientist will find it and using the pin from a future CPU to complete the sequence, will recreate the Athlon series processors which will then threaten mankind...


Or you could just make a keychain out of it.

-Wolf sends

World war A “the fight for athlon”
in all seriousness the keychain idea is insanely cool! Thanks everyone

 

[USAFRet]

Or, you could toss it in a desk drawer, leave it for a few decades and a dozen or so cross country/cross continent moves.
Then think about making it into a key fob.

This, from my desk drawer just now.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I cant tell from the markings. 286/386/486?

 

[USAFRet]

I cant tell from the markings. 286/386/486?

385-33 cache controller for a i386 system.
1987.

 

[USAFRet]

I cant tell from the markings. 286/386/486?

385-33 cache controller for a i386 system.
1987.

 

[USAFRet]

I cant tell from the markings. 286/386/486?

385-33 cache controller for a i386 system.
1987.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Ah. Looked like something from that era.

Pre pentium but post dip package cpus.

 

[PcGuy1050]

before we go any further, can we have a moment of silence for my Athlon 64 x2 4400+ (2005-2019)

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Depending on what the pin does it may still work btw. Could be a redundant or unused pin.

 

[PcGuy1050]

I tried, it was a important pin