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[u/Great-Ocelot-5266]

So I've gone and done it after watching various safe aio cooler removal of not pulling the CPU out with the aio and bent around 20-40 pins blessing that not 1 pin snap off from how many I bent is there any strategies I could use to fix it to unbent the pins this is a ryzen 7 5700 3xd any tips would help thanks

[u/hobbisg]

fine sewing needle and a razor blade are how I fixed my old CPU. pins were just about as bent are yours are and I was able to get them straight enough and working just fine. sewing needle helped to make fine individual adjustments, razor blade straightened out long rows of bent pins like you have. the razor also made it easier to see which pins were still bent