Bent pins on CPU

FairDoos

FairDoos

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Ok when i was swapping components over today from one case to another i found 2 bent pins on my CPU and i was really worried that it would not work again after i placed it back in but it works fine? im having no problems? Can anyone say why?
 
there's not much to that, if you can push the pins back in place, unless they're bent to the point where the pins are off the chip, then it should work fine.
 
shogunxp said:
there's not much to that, if you can push the pins back in place, unless they're bent to the point where the pins are off the chip, then it should work fine.
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Haha i was thinking of bending them back but i thought why risk it when its not going to make a difference maybe? i just need to watch what i do in the future..
 
I'd bend them back, it shouldn't be too hard.

This isn't your i7 is it, I'm pretty sure they don't have pins.
 
Kornowski said:
I'd bend them back, it shouldn't be too hard.

This isn't your i7 is it, I'm pretty sure they don't have pins.
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No no this isnt the i7 build this is my Athlon 64 build haha (old) Im not actually going to do a build with the i7 anymore it made me go over budget so im waiting till it goes down in price =] im thinking of doing a Q6600 for my next build though
 
If its working fine, leave it, bending them back can cause damage to other pins or those pins.
 
If its a Athlon 64 and went into the socket, the pins would have to been pretty straight or it would not have dropped into the socket.
 
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I dont think it would bend that far without breaking off. If they are just a little more than a tad out of line it wont even drop down into the socket. Usually if they are just (slightly) bent/ out of line, putting it into the socket will straighten them out.

If you look close at the socket, the pin holes have a slight inward cup around each hole. If the pin is just (alittle) bit bent it will let it slip on into the hole.

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mightymilk said:
according to every article i've read, the architecture is ALOT better on the Core 2 Duos than Dual Cores. the gap is even bigger with P4 vs. Core2Duo.

my Core2Duo at 2.33Ghz benchmarks ALOT better than my 3.2Ghz P4 even on applications that only take advantage of 1 core.

to answer your question, Core2Duo. the only reason to get a Dual-Core anymore is if your using an old Mobo that doesn't support Core2Duo
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What the hell are you on about?
 
Wouldnt worry about it m8 if all works well
its a known fact on an AMD cpu that some of the pins arnt used
so you may lucky in the fact that youve damaged the pins that arent used by the cpu at all
 
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