Bent pins.

[Deusrex]

So apparently bent pins are thing on my CPU.

 

I am a sad panda waiting for a new processor.

[comicsansms]

What did you do to that? 

[zMeul]

be brave, bend them all

 

or, use a mechanical pencil, the tip, to straighten them out

 

ps: next time buy LGA 

[Deusrex]

4 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

What did you do to that? 

It came that way out of the box.

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

be brave, bend them all

 

or, use a mechanical pencil, the tip, to straighten them out

 

ps: next time buy LGA 

Can't get 8 cores for $400 with LGA  

[Herman Mcpootis]

15 minutes ago, zMeul said:

ps: next time buy LGA 

And end up bending the motherboard pins. And finding out those are much harder to fix.

[comicsansms]

17 minutes ago, Deusrex said:

It came that way out of the box.

Shit. RMA now. 

19 minutes ago, zMeul said:

ps: next time buy LGA 

PS: PGA is better. 

[zMeul]

34 minutes ago, Deusrex said:

Can't get 8 cores for $400 with LGA  

with 15% more bent pins 

[rogueone]

seems ppl still stuff up with intel as well. I'm pretty new to the scene but greatest stress in builiding was putting the chip into the socket. There's no second chances there. 

 

I think the punter needs some encouragement! It may turn up like that!

 

[DrMikeNZ]

1 hour ago, Deusrex said:

It came that way out of the box.

Can't get 8 cores for $400 with LGA  

That is pretty bad QC. I hope you didn't have any fuss getting an RMA approved.

Sometimes it is worthwhile to just sell your kidney to be able to upgrade those to 8 better cores.

 

2 hours ago, zMeul said:

ps: next time buy LGA 

LGA just shifts the problem to the motherboard. And they often come with bent pins, with stores refusing returns as they claim user damage.

Every time I open an LGA motherboard (or PGA CPU), I make sure that I have it on a single video from cutting the seal to inspecting the pins.

[Deusrex]

On 3/23/2017 at 2:13 AM, DrMikeNZ said:

That is pretty bad QC. I hope you didn't have any fuss getting an RMA approved.

Sometimes it is worthwhile to just sell your kidney to be able to upgrade those to 8 better cores.

 

LGA just shifts the problem to the motherboard. And they often come with bent pins, with stores refusing returns as they claim user damage.

Every time I open an LGA motherboard (or PGA CPU), I make sure that I have it on a single video from cutting the seal to inspecting the pins.

I got it from Amazon, so I just went through their return policy it was painless.