Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4 slightly bent pin

[Adrian Hartanto]

Hello.

 

I'm new to motherboard bent pins. So I have been using this motherboard for a year (since Dec 2021 until now). and I've just realized there's a bent pin on the motherboard that is shown below in the images.

 

I realized it after using it for a year and when I was about to upgrade my CPU to 13th gen 2 weeks ago, the motherboard pin was already bent when I took out the old CPU.

 

I ignored it, inserted my new CPU, plugged everything up and everything is fine even in benchmark and gaming activities.

 

But I have a bit of fear that it might break eventually? should I get this fix? (I don't know how to) or just leave it meaning If it can last for 4-5 years I don't really mind it.

 

The images were taken today but the bent pin has been the same since the 2 weeks ago (I forgot to take the picture before).

 

There has never been any issues on the daily uses even until now but I'm afraid again that it might break someday so I decided to take a look again.

[8tg]

If it’s not causing any issues it’s 99% just a redundant ground pin.

I have not been able to find a pin out diagram for what all the pins on LGA 1700 are, but not all of them are vital.

If you have steady hands and want to chance it, you can try and unbend the pin yourself. It looks like it’s just been pushed to one side a little bit.

 

[Blue4130]

13 minutes ago, Adrian Hartanto said:

Hello.

 

I'm new to motherboard bent pins. So I have been using this motherboard for a year (since Dec 2021 until now). and I've just realized there's a bent pin on the motherboard that is shown below in the images.

 

I realized it after using it for a year and when I was about to upgrade my CPU to 13th gen 2 weeks ago, the motherboard pin was already bent when I took out the old CPU.

 

I ignored it, inserted my new CPU, plugged everything up and everything is fine even in benchmark and gaming activities.

 

But I have a bit of fear that it might break eventually? should I get this fix? (I don't know how to) or just leave it meaning If it can last for 4-5 years I don't really mind it.

 

The images were taken today but the bent pin has been the same since the 2 weeks ago (I forgot to take the picture before).

 

There has never been any issues on the daily uses even until now but I'm afraid again that it might break someday so I decided to take a look again.

 

 

 

If it is working fine then don't mess with it. You have a higher risk of doing more damage. Once the CPU is in, there is no chance that it will break on it's own. Leave it be.

[Gokul_P]

If it works It isnt worth fixing. if you are not careful you could bent other pins in the area. The broken pin is prob a ground/ Not used that's why the cpu is working fine. If you want you can fix it but you risk completly destroying the socket

[DoctorNick]

@Adrian HartantoIf everything is working, chances are that its a ground pin or something. You don't want to begin to fiddle with the socket unless you got experience doing so.  

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Looks to be bent sideways, a razor or needle should do the trick (prefferably a razor thats got some weight to it), a very simple fix but requires steady hands. All you do is just push the pin back into position

 

If its working fine then you can just leave it like that, problably just a redundant pin

[leclod]

Could also be a DDR pin, one from the spare slots.

The pin could also simply still contact when the cpu is pressed against it.

(I'd at least try to move it carefully, if it was me. With a magnifyer and a needle. I did try it in the past, can't remember the outcome)

[Adrian Hartanto]

After been using it for many months on gaming, editing and benchmarks. There hasn't been any problems so far.

 

Even if it might be a DDR pin for one of the spare slots, I have no plans to increase my RAM size further. 

So I decided to continue using it without fixing the pin at all.

 

Thank you everyone!

[Ebony Falcon]

4 hours ago, Adrian Hartanto said:

After been using it for many months on gaming, editing and benchmarks. There hasn't been any problems so far.

 

Even if it might be a DDR pin for one of the spare slots, I have no plans to increase my RAM size further. 

So I decided to continue using it without fixing the pin at all.

 

Thank you everyone!

It could also be a pin from the ddr5 controller 

[Adrian Hartanto]

On 5/3/2023 at 2:01 AM, Ebony Falcon said:

It could also be a pin from the ddr5 controller 

The motherboard is ddr4 (although it doesn't matter which ddr for the context).

 

I'm running on manual OC for the RAM. with slightly better timings than the XMP.

 

I'm new to this DDR controller. What's a DDR controller? Does it affect the performance?

[Ebony Falcon]

9 hours ago, Adrian Hartanto said:

The motherboard is ddr4 (although it doesn't matter which ddr for the context).

 

I'm running on manual OC for the RAM. with slightly better timings than the XMP.

 

I'm new to this DDR controller. What's a DDR controller? Does it affect the performance?

Because intel have 2 memory controllers onboard one for ddr4 and one for ddr5 some of the pins on the socket will be for the other memory controller 

[Adrian Hartanto]

1 hour ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Because intel have 2 memory controllers onboard one for ddr4 and one for ddr5 some of the pins on the socket will be for the other memory controller 

The Intel CPU can support DDR4 and DDR5 yes. But it's a DDR4 motherboard, so the board can only support DDR4.

 

And DDR5 motherboard can only support DDR5.

 

So the pin is basically just a redundant pin (placeholder)?

[Ebony Falcon]

10 minutes ago, Adrian Hartanto said:

The Intel CPU can support DDR4 and DDR5 yes. But it's a DDR4 motherboard, so the board can only support DDR4.

 

And DDR5 motherboard can only support DDR5.

 

So the pin is basically just a redundant pin (placeholder)?

But they have the same socket in both boards so the socket has to be able to support both controllers even tho the rest of the board is ddr4

 

and I’m not saying it is a memory pin but it could well be or it could be a earth pin

[Adrian Hartanto]

1 hour ago, Ebony Falcon said:

But they have the same socket in both boards so the socket has to be able to support both controllers even tho the rest of the board is ddr4

 

and I’m not saying it is a memory pin but it could well be or it could be a earth pin

Okayy cmiiw.

 

So let's assume if the pin is a memory pin.

 

So that means it will just not work for the ddr5? But on my case since I'm using ddr4 board, that means I'm safe?

[Ebony Falcon]

1 hour ago, Adrian Hartanto said:

Okayy cmiiw.

 

So let's assume if the pin is a memory pin.

 

So that means it will just not work for the ddr5? But on my case since I'm using ddr4 board, that means I'm safe?

Yes that is a possibility 

 

but if ur cpu is working fine then there’s nothing to worry about, 

I cut a capacitor of my 4790k delidding it and that worked fine for 4 years lol 

[Ebony Falcon]

On 5/4/2023 at 2:22 PM, Adrian Hartanto said:

Okayy cmiiw.

 

So let's assume if the pin is a memory pin.

 

So that means it will just not work for the ddr5? But on my case since I'm using ddr4 board, that means I'm safe?

Here’s a cpu that’s been pulling to much power, u can see how many pins are actualy in use 

[Adrian Hartanto]

1 hour ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Here’s a cpu that’s been pulling to much power, u can see how many pins are actualy in use 

That's actually a really good info.

 

Thank you!