Bent pins on CPU

[tgxiii]

I accidentally bent two of the pins on my P4C. I used tweezers and two old credit cards to straighten out the pins. Well, they didn't end up perfectly straight. They were still curved a bit and scratched up, but it stood up enough so it could fit into the CPU socket.

Is this a problem? I am actually on that particular comp right now, and everything seems to be going well. Am I going to encounter any problems in the future?

[Uncle Bob]

Originally posted by tgxiii
I accidentally bent two of the pins on my P4C. I used tweezers and two old credit cards to straighten out the pins. Well, they didn't end up perfectly straight. They were still curved a bit and scratched up, but it stood up enough so it could fit into the CPU socket.

Is this a problem? I am actually on that particular comp right now, and everything seems to be going well. Am I going to encounter any problems in the future?

Been there, done that. I haven't had any troubles with mine.

[Sweeper]

Done the same thing 2 with a P4 2.4B. I pulled the HSF off and the CPU came with it. Bent a few pins. Streightened them out and it's still running. Ex-girlfriends machine.

[GeforceFX]

have done it with my friends athlon 64, didn't change a thing and i also bent 2 on my veleron 2.8 and thatone didn't change either.
so i think your fine

[imac9556]

Originally posted by Sweeper
Done the same thing 2 with a P4 2.4B. I pulled the HSF off and the CPU came with it. Bent a few pins. Streightened them out and it's still running. Ex-girlfriends machine.

Sweeper, the same thing happened to me too!
One day, my computer will not start up (doesn't POST), so I took the heatsink off and the CPU was attached to it when I took it off! Well, then I reseated the processor, thermal paste and heatsink. But, bent a few pins, but it still runs perfectly!
I guess the thermal paste we use is like glue? I use Arctic Silver 3...maybe that causes the CPU to stick on the heatsink?

[tgxiii]

That's great to hear. I'm a bit worried of removing the HSF and CPU again cuz I plan to upgrade my HSF from the stock cooling to a Zalman. Any of you ever take it back out after bending the pins?

[imac9556]

Originally posted by tgxiii
That's great to hear. I'm a bit worried of removing the HSF and CPU again cuz I plan to upgrade my HSF from the stock cooling to a Zalman. Any of you ever take it back out after bending the pins?

Yeah, I did. I took the CPU back out after bending the pins back. It still works fine. I don't think bending the pins will affect the cpu's life if it didn't bend too much or too far.

[jphudy]

Back in the day of the original pentium, I had to remove the chip because it was in a ZIF socket!! I mean, I could remove it right?... Why not? When I put it back, I failed to realize that there was a orientation pin. (i was about 13 - in my defense) So, I smashed the pin badly, and it broke off as I tried to straighten it. You could imagine the horror I felt as I had just ruined the the brand new $2K computer!

Anyway, I stuck a piece of twisty-tie wire (with the paper removed) into the socket and put the chip back on the ZIP socket. It worked like a charm for many months until I got a replacement chip from INTEL. -- it was one of those Original Pentium divide by zero error chips--.

[tgxiii]

Well... actually....

The two pins were bent in half, meaning the point of the pin that is supposed to point down onto the CPU socket pointed up back towards the CPU itself. I actually felt the pin weakening as I bent it.

[SoSl0w]

Originally posted by tgxiii
Well... actually....

The two pins were bent in half, meaning the point of the pin that is supposed to point down onto the CPU socket pointed up back towards the CPU itself. I actually felt the pin weakening as I bent it.

I would not tinker with the CPU anymore. I think once you get it back into the socket it should stay with that board. It might not be worth taking it out and putting it into another board only to have the clamping mechanism break the 2 pins and destroy the CPU.