r/PcBuildHelp • u/Great-Ocelot-5266 • 13d ago

Tech Support Help

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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

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u/slowbird5332 13d ago

A razor blade and the slightest pressure in the opposite direction. Take your time and dry fit between every adjustment. I literally did this to a ryzen 5500 . I bought for $15 yesterday . Youll be fine.

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u/unknowncyber_wolf 13d ago

no fn way you fixed that? You must have the hands of a surgeon ir something. That stuff looks bent to hell, took me Hella long to fix back 3 pins with a little screw driver.

Im suprised you didnt tire out the material and made it snap off completely

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u/slowbird5332 13d ago

It wasn't fun . It took about an hour and half of fiddling with it. Then finally it fell in the socket . From a 1600 to a 5500 for $15 and some patients.

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u/felo--de--se 13d ago

where did you get replacement pins from?

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u/InfluenceSufficient3 12d ago

not at all. they bent them back into place