This was the second most stressful tech tips I’ve ever filmed. The most stressful one was the first one where I had no idea what I was doing pretty much.
That should give you some idea what sort of things stress me out… Haha.
These CPUs are samples from AMD, so breaking them at least doesn’t cost the company money, but it’s a matter of personal pride that I’ve never damaged a CPU beyond usability, even though I did run one through the wash once, and I did drop this entire tray of OEM parts on the floor (that’s how the pin got bent in the first place). The 720 Black Edition is working awesome and I think you’ll find this short & unexpected edition of NCIX Tech Tips quite enjoyable.
I had a p4 cpu that the heat sink was so stuck to with the thermal paste that I ripped the cpu out of the socket with the arm closed, mashing down many of the pins in the process. Like damn near half of them. A couple were bent to a 45 degree angle.
I straightened them with a razor blade and a pair of needle nose pliers. the razor for the ones that were fairly straight but bent over, by going down each row at a time with the whole blade and bending them back into line. And the needle nose pliers to squash the bent ones back straight.
This is by far my favorite Tech Tip. This is something that has happened to almost all techies at one point or another. That is why in my tool bag I have a selcection of mechanical pencils and a few old credit cards, to straighten pins. Glad to see Linus is just like the rest of us. Keep up the great work Linus.
7 Responses for "Fixing a Bent / Broken Pins on a CPU – NCIX Tech Tips #36"
Heh….you could have taken your microscopic soldering iron, and with your mastery soldering skills soldered the pin back on the chip!!!
I had a p4 cpu that the heat sink was so stuck to with the thermal paste that I ripped the cpu out of the socket with the arm closed, mashing down many of the pins in the process. Like damn near half of them. A couple were bent to a 45 degree angle.
I straightened them with a razor blade and a pair of needle nose pliers. the razor for the ones that were fairly straight but bent over, by going down each row at a time with the whole blade and bending them back into line. And the needle nose pliers to squash the bent ones back straight.
I didn’t expect it to work but it did.
Your reaction was hilarious, Linus.
Holy *censored*
lol xD
This is by far my favorite Tech Tip. This is something that has happened to almost all techies at one point or another. That is why in my tool bag I have a selcection of mechanical pencils and a few old credit cards, to straighten pins. Glad to see Linus is just like the rest of us. Keep up the great work Linus.
That was a GREAT video—It also just comfirmed why I ONLY mess with Intel LGA sockets! LOL!
i broke 25 pins, wish me luck
YES!….i know this is late i just ran across your site…From the jaws of defeat effing win!
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