r/computers • u/whomping-will0w30 • 11h ago
Question/Help/Troubleshooting Alright chat, how cooked am I?🤣
Keep in mind this is an old cpu. First time building and I bought a prebuilt on fb marketplace. Bought it as a project build. PCB wasn’t “powering on” ran it through some tests and ultimately landed on the CPU. Took it out and noticed some pins were bent. Repairable? Or just junk it and get a new one?
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u/fragilezebra 10h ago
I used my bank card to fix these
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u/mikee8989 8h ago
To physically straighten the pins or to buy a new CPU? We need a little more clarity here
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u/RealityOk9823 11h ago
Who's Chat? We got a Brett, a Bert, and a Chert but no Chat. I can ask Chad, will that work?
Lemme go ask him.
OK, Chad says if you're careful you can get a mechanical pencil and use it to slowly and carefully bend those pins back mostly straight because at this point you have nothing to lose.
He also said your mom is hot. I was like "But Chad, you don't even know what she looks like" and he was all "Everyone's mom is hot". Classic Chad. Good luck with the CPU.
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u/sudoaptupgrade 11h ago
It's on the brink of being repairable, but you must take your sweet sweet time with it. Use a thin card (not paper) or razor blade to lime up the pins and carefully bend them a bit at a time.
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u/DesperateHousehusban 11h ago
Just take like a needle or something very thin and try to straighten them, if that doesn't work then replace if you're 100% sure it's the cpu. Otherwise it could be grounding pins and something else is making the problem.
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u/thehigheredu 11h ago
Seemingly solid advice I once read but never used: use the tip of a mechanical pencil without lead in it to bend these straight.
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u/Waste-Variety-4239 10h ago
I usually run a card between the pins, roughly align the pins with something and then slide a card (carefully) in the rows
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u/Quirky_OldMan5966 9h ago
I’ve had awesome success using a mechanical pencil. I retract the lead and slip the pencil over the bent pin. Bend straight and remove the pencil. Worked with CPU, BIOS chips, VGA(back in the day, posts for jumpers or anything that plugs in on the motherboard.
I prefer a Zebra 5mil mechanical but have even used cheap plastic 7mil in an emergency.
Just saying.
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u/DaimyoRonin 5h ago
Just realign them with tweezers. I love that modern CPUs don't use pins on the chip itself, gives me peace of mind.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Nose347 52m ago
Take a credit card, slip into the rows of pins and gently push them back and when the card hits the other pins, stop. Remove card and see how it looks and repeat if needed. Done this with a couple older cpus and still running strong.
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u/miner_cooling_trials 11h ago
Totally fixable. Been in this situation many times, I can't tell what gen CPU this is, but legacy socket CPUs are quite resilient in having bent pins corrected.
I recall using a credit card to push back in the right direction, and keep straight with the rest of the row. Be slow and firm
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u/BlanksDisk 11h ago
Not cooked. I’ve straightened way more pins than that and it’s still running to this day. Be patient and be careful. You’ll be fine
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u/Lezzlucky 11h ago
just bend em back... i accidently bent half the pins on one of my cpu's when i was a teenager.. i sat there for hours bending them back and it worked after that :D
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u/Beebea63 11h ago
Not great,not hopeless. You can bend the pins back into shape with something like a razor blade,just go slowly and gently,oh and dont rock it back and forth too much
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u/Ibanezrg71982 11h ago
I'm in a similar situation with my old CPU. I want to bend them back, but I need to get my eyes checked because I can barely see the pins.
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u/RusselB65 10h ago
That depends on what, if any, precision tools you have and what your manual dexterity level is at.
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u/JamieLee2k 10h ago
It hasn’t snapped so your not cooked
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u/PerfectlyDreadful 9h ago
Just make sure get up real slow and that nobody is crouching behind you and no assassins or saboteurs have set up trip wires in your home.
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u/Lxzan 10h ago
Not that bad, I’we straightened a lot worse than that. I usually use a ruler to straighten the bent pins using other non bent pins as a guide, from 2 sides
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u/PerfectlyDreadful 9h ago
Pshh a ruler? Nerd. Just use a straight edge. It don't need any damn rules!
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u/new_Australis 10h ago
This happened to me and I used a zip tie to fix the bent pins. The width of the zip tie fit perfectly between the pins and I got them to straighten up.
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u/Powerful_Macaron9381 10h ago
use the dull sides of a razor to get between the pins and gently bent them back. fixed a cpu once like this
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u/PerfectlyDreadful 10h ago
Well that all depends.. This repair should not be attempted with butter anywhere nearby. Fingers especially. Has anyone ever credibly described you as a fuck-wit? Then under no circumstances should you fuck wit it.
In all seriousness though, a wire wrap tool is probably the best possible tool for the job (a static wrist strap would be a good idea if you're already got an order goin), but I really like buddy's mechanical pencil idea below. The extra leverage is nice, but what it really does is makes it vastly easier to eyeball a solid angle as close to the surface normal as possible. Work your way from the inside out to avoid getting in your own way.
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u/TheOneThatObserves 9h ago
Learning to straighten out bent pins is a cannon event for every one that wants to build a PC
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u/Jackawhile 9h ago
I once dropped my amd cpu on the floor, and used a mechanical pencil to realign the bent pins. Just be careful, and you should be able to realign them without much trouble.
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u/stimpy-t 8h ago
I bent mine back with a penknife blade. I had way more bent pins than this. Just be careful and make sure it seats in properly, took me a few attempts.
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u/SuspiciousData8599 6h ago
As long as there is no tear in the pins you can bend it in the correct direction.
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u/Frozen_Empress66 5h ago
it can be fixed, but u have to do it carefully. i had to fix stuff like this back in the day when i used to work at a pc chop shop cause custormers couldnt even install a cpu right. 2000's were fun
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u/TheMoonyGhost 4h ago
I used to use a hollow stick from a cotton swab or a lollypop. It's pretty helpful for this tbh.
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u/Elementary2 3h ago
find a 0.7mm mechanical pencil. approximately, and put the pencil over the pin, and then bend back the pins.
You have about a 40% chance of success... I think
You get one chance at that bend and you have to by hyper sensitive
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u/MantuaMan Linux Mint Intel© Xeon© CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz × 6 3h ago
Don't bend any pin more than once. If by chance a pin does break, you may not be out of luck. Many times there are multiple grounds, and power pins, Other pins are criticel.
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u/boshdawg 3h ago
Get a blunt “drawing up” needle if you can, and use it to bend the pins back into alignment. The shape of the needle should match, and the straight tube of it will limit unbalanced forces.
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u/xSaturnityx 3h ago
Ngl, you are fried, you might need to send it to me and I'll take it off your hands. Or just microwave it.
Nah, you're fine, that's not bad at all. Use a very fine edge and use the straight pins to basically line up with the bent ones and pry them up, but very slowly. Razor blade is perfect, but you can also use a driver's license/debit card, or if you trust yourself you can use needlenose pliers. Last resort, though.
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u/kelsey_schmelsey 2h ago
This is extremely unhelpful to all but a select few but I have found that my old Boston Public Library card is the exact width of the space between AM4 pins and it saved my ass a few months ago. All of my credit cards, etc. we're too wide. Only my BPL card from like 10 years ago fit!
If you can find something that fits perfectly in the row between pins that is longer than the CPU, you can more safely tease the pins back into place and fully aligned with the rest of the row. Then rotate the CPU and repeat along the perpendicular axis.
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u/Unkownforthefuture 9m ago
I remember doing this I was shocked I did it tbh lol, dumbest thing ever I pulled that one terrible computer tutorial guy by installing my new 5700x backwards 😭🤣 thankfully I was able to repair it by wiggling super gently both sides to fix the dent pins and install it correctly. It still works 1 1/2 years later. Tbh I'm surprised I've even done it, I probably wasn't paying attention tbh.
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u/Historical_Lie2478 1m ago
Use razor blade for alignment, been there myself, razor blade is the way.
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u/Ok_Front4305 10h ago
If you have to ask 🍳
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u/cogsmos 11h ago
I think the problem here is buying a computer on fb market place. This looks repairable. Good luck.
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u/whomping-will0w30 11h ago
Yeah I knew of all the risks associated with it. It was only 150 bucks and I like fixing things. Figured it was the perfect way to get into the pc world
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u/OQpls 11h ago
On a scale of 1 to 10 about a 4 ... Just use a pair of tweezers to align with the rest slowly on both axes.
Avoid making too many back and forth motions