several bent pins on amd fx processor help!?

[alb1221]

so much money...such waste... HELP!?!?!

 

[Aosh]

I had a bent pin on a P4 Northwood once. I just straightened it out gently and hoped it worked. And it's perfectly fine if only one or 2 pins are bent, see if you can straighten it. Otherwise you could always replace it where u bought it (unless u bent it urself?)

 

[StrangerGuy]

If the pins were bent straight out from the box you can return to the vendor for a new CPU. Otherwise you can try to make the pins straight carefully with a tweezer.

 

[JBT]

A razor blade works well too. It "could" still work would try to fix your self and if you can't RMA time.

 

[Bar81]

Worst case scenario RMA to vendor or if it's been a while just RMA to AMD and tell them that's the way it came and they'll issue you a new one.

 

[btacular]

use a plastic straw... the thin kinds used to stir coffee... worked well when i bent my athlon xp 2800 cpu's pins

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

"I bent my wookie."

-Ralph Wiggum

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Hey if all else fails, your stuck with an incredibably expensive and highly ineffective paper weight

 

[Quasmo]

You can glue it to a wallet like I did with my p3 800mhz and have the world fastest money.

 

[jtusa]

I did the same with a P4 chip, I just GENTLY bent them straight and it worked fine.

 

[cw42]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
"I bent my wookie."

-Ralph Wiggum

rofl

 

[Gurck]

It's not uncommon at all to get a few bent pins. As others have said, VERY GENTLY straighten them out (I used the tip of a penknife under a strong light) and you should be fine.

 

[Arcanedeath]

I had this happen on a friend of mines then top of the line P4 3.0C processor, took a long time, a dental tool, and a magnifying glass but I was able to bend his 8+ bent pins back into place and get him up and running, definitly go slow and it's not for the faint of heart.

 

[lansens]

A credit card works nicely, just take your time and all will be well.

 

[nick1985]

i use a mechanical pencil with no lead. that works best IMO.

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: nick1985
i use a mechanical pencil with no lead. that works best IMO.

Thats a good idea...

Btw... how many pins are bent?

 

[Thor86]

Use a very small tweezer to straighten them out.

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: nick1985
i use a mechanical pencil with no lead. that works best IMO.

Thats a very good idea.

 

[denon]

I second the mechanical pencil. I have always used a mechanical pencil with no lead, and it works great. If you ever have a bent pin in a ps2 connector, vga connector, etc, the mechanical pencil slides right around the pin and assures that you can make it straight again.

 

[watek]

Great idea!

 

[joecool]

i've had bent pins several times, most recently on a proc i bought used on ebay (the guy claimed it happened in shipping - never mind that it was in the AMD box inside a shipping box - yeah, right!) anyway, a careful and somewhat scary half hour fixed the problem. good luck!

 

[soulflyfan]

hats off to the pencil idea! yeah, this happened t o me once, just TAKE YOUR TIME, and dont be hamfisted, and you should be fine