Broken Pins

[steelodon]

Has anyone had any success with broken pin(s) on a CPU?

 

[TerryMathews]

Has anyone had any success with broken pin(s) on a CPU?

Broken? No, not if it's a signal-bearing pin.

 

[jkauff]

You mean the socket, right? I had to throw away a motherboard once because of bent pins in the socket.

 

[jaqie]

Yes, I have.

 

[C1]

Such question is so weird. Snapping off a pin seems like it would pretty much require an act of premeditation.

Recommend purchasing CPUs which you dont subliminally hate.

Thread crapping will not be tolerated here. Also, you'd be surprised how easy it is to damage pins on PGA chips.
-ViRGE

 

[steelodon]

It was a Phenom with a bent pin. I attempted to straighten the pin, but the pin feels loose.

 

[adnank77]

It was a Phenom with a bent pin. I attempted to straighten the pin, but the pin feels loose.

I had such experience with older pre-LGA days with Intel ..

If the pin is bent and you can straighten it then it's OK and you can survive ..

But if it feels loose, then probably the base of the pin is no longer holding properly .. in this case .. you can R.I.P this processor and get another ..

 

[Billb2]

Some of the pins are redundant. You can search for a pinout, but it's just easier to slap it back into the socket and see if it works.

 

[Liquid_Static]

I've had several (older) processors that work fine with a pin gone, several did not too.

 

[andy2000]

AMD CPUs are basically LGA with pins soldered onto each land. It is possible to solder a new pin on, but it requires VERY good soldering skills and a stereo microscope helps a lot. I have done it before using donor pins from an old Athlon 64. About half the pins are power, or ground, so there's a good chance that it will still work with a broken pin.

 

[sm625]

A friend had an X2 3800 939 system that always ran hot. After 2 years I installed an aftermarket cooler. It was then I noticed the chip wasnt sitting correctly in the socket. Turns out it had 3 bent pins not going into the socket holes. I fixed them. Funny thing is the chip still ran just as hot.