CPU bent pins

Devin009 · 09-25-2005, 02:48 AM

Would bent or a missing pin casue a computer to not boot?

my friend removed his cpu, put it back in, and now it wont even go into BIOS, He did this while i was formatting his drive ( had to hook it as slave to get some files off it as he couldnt load windows due to some virus)

now he has his harddrive back in, its set to master, fans start, hard drives spins, video card starts to heat up slowly, so theres power, but the moniter stays off, just that flashing orange light on it.

now, he pulled his cpu again, and there was a couple bent pins, and a missing pin in dead center. Now me knowing nothing about the pins on a cpu, what would be the problem, the hard drive or the CPU?

even if i messed up while formatting the harddrive, it should still boot the bios right?

If missing or bent cpu pins is not the answer, maybe he got a static shock off his finger when he touched the board? what are some other common possibilities or maybe just a stupid error he might not have checked?

(rams clicked down, cpu is now in properly minus 2 pins, video card is in properly and all IDE cables and power cords from the wall and power supply are in place)

Hairy_Lee · 09-25-2005, 02:53 AM

a missing pin would most likely cause the processor not to work. a bent pin would make the processor not fit the socket

Devin009 · 09-25-2005, 03:00 AM

well people who have bent pins.. they report it still works but is slow.. is this becasue they're bent but still touching? or is it just certain pins can be removed and some are vital?

diduknowthat · 09-25-2005, 03:00 AM

yes if the harddrive is formatted wrong it will still boot into the bios. The bent pins you can straighten carefully but idk what to tell you about the missing pin... And why exactly is there a missing pin after you took the harddrive out? I mean he didn't even tought he cpu until he decided to pull it out.

Ku-sama · 09-25-2005, 03:42 AM

if they are bent, carefully bend them back, it should still work, as for broken, i dont think so

Devin009 · 09-25-2005, 03:42 AM

i must not have been clear, i just kinda typed, didnt look over what i said carefully

i formatted his harddrive ( like i have done for my friends who know nothing many times)

and for some reason he felt the need to take a look in his computer, and screwed up the pins on the CPU and im pretty sure this is where the problem is.. i just needed confirmation...

however if anyone has any suggestions to try incase its something else.. please tell me.

might there have been a pin missing to begin with? becasue i noticed ( i cant remeber where) there was a item i had that came right out of the box with a missing pin and worked fine.. then again i might be thinking of my IDE cables... i cant recall.

Ku-sama · 09-25-2005, 03:44 AM

theres supposed to be a pin missing on a harddrive, it makes it "keyed" so you dont put it IDE on it backwards

Devin009 · 09-25-2005, 04:00 AM

i know that, but i was wondering if there might be the same style thing on a cpu hence why one of his pins was missing at first.. if it was, its messed now anyways casue he went to straighten one and ended up breakn it off, im just trynt o find the point at where everything went wrong..

a bit OT, but when i hookup someone elses harddrive to my comp as a master, it freezes after bios check .. is this becasue its configured for the other persons hardware? or just a glitch with my comp. ( always wanting to learn

)

Ku-sama · 09-25-2005, 04:10 AM

1: check the pins on it, see if it looks like any are bent, or broken off, just check any missing pin locations and see if it looks like any were broken off at the base

2: yeah, it has to be configured with the motherboard to work

might even be the same chipset, im not sure

Devin009 · 09-25-2005, 04:17 AM

oh well, thank god for the slave setting then..

great for when windows corrupts to the point of no return... ( or a friend drops off the Harddrive and says format now!

)

09-25-2005, 02:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Devin009 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14	CPU bent pins Would bent or a missing pin casue a computer to not boot? my friend removed his cpu, put it back in, and now it wont even go into BIOS, He did this while i was formatting his drive ( had to hook it as slave to get some files off it as he couldnt load windows due to some virus) now he has his harddrive back in, its set to master, fans start, hard drives spins, video card starts to heat up slowly, so theres power, but the moniter stays off, just that flashing orange light on it. now, he pulled his cpu again, and there was a couple bent pins, and a missing pin in dead center. Now me knowing nothing about the pins on a cpu, what would be the problem, the hard drive or the CPU? even if i messed up while formatting the harddrive, it should still boot the bios right? If missing or bent cpu pins is not the answer, maybe he got a static shock off his finger when he touched the board? what are some other common possibilities or maybe just a stupid error he might not have checked? (rams clicked down, cpu is now in properly minus 2 pins, video card is in properly and all IDE cables and power cords from the wall and power supply are in place)

09-25-2005, 02:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	a missing pin would most likely cause the processor not to work. a bent pin would make the processor not fit the socket __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

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09-25-2005, 03:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Devin009 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14	well people who have bent pins.. they report it still works but is slow.. is this becasue they're bent but still touching? or is it just certain pins can be removed and some are vital?

09-25-2005, 03:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	if they are bent, carefully bend them back, it should still work, as for broken, i dont think so

09-25-2005, 03:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Devin009 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14	i must not have been clear, i just kinda typed, didnt look over what i said carefully i formatted his harddrive ( like i have done for my friends who know nothing many times) and for some reason he felt the need to take a look in his computer, and screwed up the pins on the CPU and im pretty sure this is where the problem is.. i just needed confirmation... however if anyone has any suggestions to try incase its something else.. please tell me. might there have been a pin missing to begin with? becasue i noticed ( i cant remeber where) there was a item i had that came right out of the box with a missing pin and worked fine.. then again i might be thinking of my IDE cables... i cant recall.

09-25-2005, 03:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	theres supposed to be a pin missing on a harddrive, it makes it "keyed" so you dont put it IDE on it backwards

09-25-2005, 04:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
Devin009 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14	i know that, but i was wondering if there might be the same style thing on a cpu hence why one of his pins was missing at first.. if it was, its messed now anyways casue he went to straighten one and ended up breakn it off, im just trynt o find the point at where everything went wrong.. a bit OT, but when i hookup someone elses harddrive to my comp as a master, it freezes after bios check .. is this becasue its configured for the other persons hardware? or just a glitch with my comp. ( always wanting to learn )

09-25-2005, 04:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	1: check the pins on it, see if it looks like any are bent, or broken off, just check any missing pin locations and see if it looks like any were broken off at the base 2: yeah, it has to be configured with the motherboard to work might even be the same chipset, im not sure

09-25-2005, 04:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
Devin009 New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 14	oh well, thank god for the slave setting then.. great for when windows corrupts to the point of no return... ( or a friend drops off the Harddrive and says format now! )