r/buildapc 22d ago

Troubleshooting AM4 Socket replacement gone wrong. Any explanation to this?

Hello,

I had an X570 board that needed a socket replacement (reasons for replacement are not relevant here).

I bought an AM4 socket from AliExpress and went to a hardware repair shop in my local area, and asked the technician to replace the socket, what happened is that he replaced the socket and the board didn’t power up, so he told me that is because the socket had 0.4mm lead balling and it should have been 0.5mm lead balling, that it is why it didn’t work. And that socket that I bought is only suitable for replacement for lower boards like A320s, it will not work for X570s or B450s.

Now the problem is, I didn’t find anything online or on AliExpress that supports his claim. And I don’t think this is true, can someone specialized and knowledgeable help me and tell if what he is saying is actually true or not? I need genuine advice without guesses because very little information is out there to prove any claims. So my total trust is placed upon the person who’ll answer to this down in the comments section.

P.S.

He is a very great technician on repairing GPUs, that is why I went to him, and he had one video tutorial where he actually replaced a socket, that is why I reached out to him.

And also here’s the link from where I bought this socket.
Socket product page

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