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Hey guys.  So back in December, I bent one pin on my 8350 while reorienting my AIO liquid cooling.  I bought another one because I needed my PC back and running ASAP, but never though about trying to fix it until now.  Anyone have any suggestions or resources on how to do this? It was a pin on the very edge of the CPU.

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Yes, get a small flathead screwdriver, tweezers, a nice light source and a magnifying glass

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Even if its completely broken off, if you can get it to make contact, it would work. Carefully bend it back into place.

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Depending on where it is, it may not even matter.

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Here's a (bad) photo, but you can see where it is, right on the edge.

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Thanks for the comments!  I can't do anything tonight but I'll try some stuff out tomorrow :D

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Here's a (bad) photo, but you can see where it is, right on the edge.

yup a bad photo indeed

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yup a bad photo indeed

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Thanks for the comments!  I can't do anything tonight but I'll try some stuff out tomorrow :D

this is definitly an easier one to fix. use a flathead till you can fit a credit card behind it then bend it straight up

 

unlike with modern intel CPUs where the pins are ont he motherboard tiny and slanted

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Hey guys.  So back in December, I bent one pin on my 8350 while reorienting my AIO liquid cooling.  I bought another one because I needed my PC back and running ASAP, but never though about trying to fix it until now.  Anyone have any suggestions or resources on how to do this? It was a pin on the very edge of the CPU.

Cheers :)

how'd you bend exactly?

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iPhone 5S camera.  Can't manual focus afaik. #firstworldproblems

 

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this is definitly an easier one to fix. use a flathead till you can fit a credit card behind it then bend it straight up

 

unlike with modern intel CPUs where the pins are ont he motherboard tiny and slanted

 

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I remember fixing about half a dozen bent pins on a socket AM2 (similar to AM3 / AM3+) CPU.

Screwdriver / Tweezer + credit card + slight of hand = fixed CPU pin(s).

 

Just be gentle; slowly straighten it a little bit at a time. Once it's about there, use the credit card to fine-tune / re-align it.

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Yes, get a small flathead screwdriver, tweezers, a nice light source and a magnifying glass

I only used the first one on my P4 :P

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how'd you bend exactly?

I have a Corsair AIO water cooling for my CPU, and I wanted to switch it from the back of my Fractal Design Define Mini to the top, so I had to change the orientation of the cooler.  I must have bent it somewhere between taking it out and cleaning the old thermal compound off :/  Had to go buy a new one, set me back $220 that I didn't have to spend.  At least the computer store down the road had an AM3+ CPU, or else I would have probably cried ^_^

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Join the dark side (Android)  :ph34r: .

 

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For anyone interested:  I seem to have gotten it straight.  I now have to try to find a system to test it in.  I don't want to use my own, though..

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For anyone interested: I seem to have gotten it straight. I now have to try to find a system to test it in. I don't want to use my own, though..

If its bent back then it should be just fine.

 

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I tested it out anyway.  It works!  Thank you all so much for your help :)

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Looks like a fairly easy one to fix. Totally doable.

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I have a Corsair AIO water cooling for my CPU, and I wanted to switch it from the back of my Fractal Design Define Mini to the top, so I had to change the orientation of the cooler. I must have bent it somewhere between taking it out and cleaning the old thermal compound off :/ Had to go buy a new one, set me back $220 that I didn't have to spend. At least the computer store down the road had an AM3+ CPU, or else I would have probably cried ^_^

Next time you need to clean a CPU with pins, lay it flat on a new cheap car sponge, that way its cheap enough not to bend the pins but strong enough to allow force on the top of the CPU :)

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Hey guys.  So back in December, I bent one pin on my 8350 while reorienting my AIO liquid cooling.  I bought another one because I needed my PC back and running ASAP, but never though about trying to fix it until now.  Anyone have any suggestions or resources on how to do this? It was a pin on the very edge of the CPU.

Cheers :)

 

Yep, if you can rebent it back in place it will be fine.

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