Can I hot glue a broken pin to a CPU?

[Joseph692]

Hi guys. recently I came across my first computer. I took it apart years ago, but managed to bend a lot of the pins. I managed to straighten 30 pins, but 1 unfortunately fell and broke. I dont think I can hot glue it because the CPU sits flush on the socket. My plan B is to cover the pin with a bit of soulder and quickly attach it back in place with a pair of tweezers. What do you think, will it work? Do you have any other methods? Let me know!

Thank you in advance!

 

[Moonzy]

you CAN hot glue it, doesn't mean it'll work

 

you can check the pin layout to see if it's an essential pin

sometimes you'll get a dead memory DIMM/channel, or if you're lucky, a GND pin broke which is mostly fine

[Joseph692]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

you CAN hot glue it, doesn't mean it'll work

 

you can check the pin layout to see if it's an essential pin

sometimes you'll get a dead memory DIMM/channel, or if you're lucky, a GND pin broke which is mostly fine

Ill try to look it up. Its an old Intel, the mobo still uses IDE, its from circa 2004 I dont know if Ill find anything, but thanks

[Fasauceome]

36 minutes ago, Joseph692 said:

My plan B is to cover the pin with a bit of soulder and quickly attach it back in place with a pair of tweezers

Why not just solder it normally? Why try this 2 step shenanigan where you have to quickly touch the parts together?

[Joshua124]

40 minutes ago, Joseph692 said:

Hi guys. recently I came across my first computer. I took it apart years ago, but managed to bend a lot of the pins. I managed to straighten 30 pins, but 1 unfortunately fell and broke. I dont think I can hot glue it because the CPU sits flush on the socket. My plan B is to cover the pin with a bit of soulder and quickly attach it back in place with a pair of tweezers. What do you think, will it work? Do you have any other methods? Let me know!

Thank you in advance!

 

U cloud it not gonna do anything tho just solder 

 it

[Joseph692]

1 hour ago, Fasauceome said:

Why not just solder it normally? Why try this 2 step shenanigan where you have to quickly touch the parts together?

I dont have a good souldering iron, it seems more complicated and as clumsy as I am I think Im gonna end up with more pins down:)

[Joseph692]

1 hour ago, Joshua124 said:

U cloud it not gonna do anything tho just solder 

 it

Ill give it a try but like I said, I dont have a good souldering iron.

 

 

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Joseph692 said:

I dont have a good souldering iron, it seems more complicated and as clumsy as I am I think Im gonna end up with more pins down:)

If you're not confident that you could solder it on the normal way, I don't recommend soldering it yourself at all and seek out some professional assistance

[Mister Woof]

What cpu is it specifically?

 

If it's very old you will probably be better off just getting a replacement of you want it to work that badly.

[Joseph692]

Just now, Mister Woof said:

What cpu is it specifically?

 

If it's very old you will probably be better off just getting a replacement of you want it to work that badly.

Im in no hurry, just wanted to gain experienche in case I do something stupid with my main:)

 

[Mister Woof]

1 minute ago, Joseph692 said:

Im in no hurry, just wanted to gain experienche in case I do something stupid with my main:)

 

Well you learned don't bend the pins off!

[Joseph692]

1 minute ago, Mister Woof said:

Well you learned don't bend the pins off!

I tried my best:) that one was almost flat, but the other 29 pins are perfectly in order now. Its not that hard, just time consuming

[Mister Woof]

7 minutes ago, Joseph692 said:

I tried my best:) that one was almost flat, but the other 29 pins are perfectly in order now. Its not that hard, just time consuming

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[steelo]

3 hours ago, Joseph692 said:

Hi guys. recently I came across my first computer. I took it apart years ago, but managed to bend a lot of the pins. I managed to straighten 30 pins, but 1 unfortunately fell and broke. I dont think I can hot glue it because the CPU sits flush on the socket. My plan B is to cover the pin with a bit of soulder and quickly attach it back in place with a pair of tweezers. What do you think, will it work? Do you have any other methods? Let me know!

Thank you in advance!

 

Don't hot glue it, solder it and use as little solder as possible to hold it together. It may or may not work...that's just how it is =(