CPU Socket

[Jimbillroo Digital]

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[TheSLSAMG]

Either try to bend the pins back or accept that you just lost money. That's about it.

[Exposal]

trying to bend the pins back or getting a new mobo

[Jimbillroo Digital]

On 6/4/2015 at 6:32 PM, Exposal said:

trying to bend the pins back or getting a new mobo

 

On 6/4/2015 at 6:31 PM, TheSLSAMG said:

Either try to bend the pins back or accept that you just lost money. That's about it.

 

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[matjojo]

use a toothpick and a magnifying glass, DONT do it in the sun!!

[Lotus]

basically, unless you have the dexterity of a 19th century watchmaker, you're SOL and your motherboard is toast.

[TheSLSAMG]

How would I bend them back they are so small?

Use a toothpick, mechanical pencil with no lead or a pair of tweezers to bend them back. Do not bend them too fast or far, or you will break the pins.

[Mattrixx]

How would I bend them back they are so small?

Needle and maybe magnifying glass. I've bent 4 pins on a socket before and was able to bend them back and make it work with a needle. Extremely easy. Tweezers are unnecessary, and increase the chance of the pins breaking, and make it harder to work with.

[Godlygamer23]

Why would you put a CPU in the socket that's not supported physically?

[Jimbillroo Digital]

Why would you put a CPU in the socket that's not supported physically?

 

I had no clue it wasn't supported. I'm a n00b to PC Building.

[Mattrixx]

I had no clue it wasn't supported. I'm a n00b to PC Building.

A n00b to PC building yet you have nearly 600 posts? Stick to the cat and I hope you didn't give advice on CPU sockets to new PC builders! 

[Jimbillroo Digital]

A n00b to PC building yet you have nearly 600 posts? Stick to the cat and I hope you didn't give advice on CPU sockets to new PC builders! 

 

I haven't given any advice on CPUs before. I just tend to go into the Home Cinema, Portable Appliance, Video + Camera, News, Reviews and Operating System Section (mostly the non-PC building sections) because I know about these sections.

[CalculuS]

A n00b to PC building yet you have nearly 600 posts? Stick to the cat and I hope you didn't give advice on CPU sockets to new PC builders! 

Troubleshooting sub-forum in a nutshell.

[Mattrixx]

I haven't given any advice on CPUs before. I just tend to go into the Home Cinema, Portable Appliance, Video + Camera, News, Reviews and Operating System Section (mostly the non-PC building sections) because I know about these sections.

*breathes a sigh of relief* Well in that case, welcome to the "other side" of the forum! I think you'll find your stay very pleasant here, and you might just learn a thing or two! 

[FireFox]

What motherboard is it and what CPU did you try and install?

[Jimbillroo Digital]

What motherboard is it and what CPU did you try and install?

 

Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H and and some Intel Pentium CPU I found in a computer we no longer use and it was incompatible. I just wanted to see if the motherboard would post.

[Jimbillroo Digital]

*breathes a sigh of relief* Well in that case, welcome to the "other side" of the forum! I think you'll find your stay very pleasant here, and you might just learn a thing or two! 

 

I would like to learn more about CPUs and hopefully one day I could help other people with their builds. But, as I said I know nothing about what supports what.

[Mattrixx]

I would like to learn more about CPUs and hopefully one day I could help other people with their builds. But, as I said I know nothing about what supports what.

Well, there's plenty of time to learn, and this is the place to start! 

[FireFox]

I would like to learn more about CPUs and hopefully one day I could help other people with their builds. But, as I said I know nothing about what supports what.

 

Consider this as a valuable lesson. If you can't get those pins straight then your board is scrap mate.

[ApolloX75]

Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H and and some Intel Pentium CPU I found in a computer we no longer use and it was incompatible. I just wanted to see if the motherboard would post.

Heh, expensive mistake. Probably tried to put a 775 CPU in. First lesson: always run part numbers through google before installing unknown hardware.

Second lesson: not all CPUs are the same socket.

I've fixed motherboards where someone has jammed an 1156 into an 1150, those are usually not bad.

And as always if in doubt make a thread here, we're a pretty friendly bunch.

[GzeroD]

How would I bend them back they are so small?

 I did it with a Sewing needle and a halogen Desk lamp (you need quite a bit of light to make sure everything is good). 1 pin at a time. I was very careful to not bend it past the point where the other pins where sitting so it wouldn't put even more stress on the pins ans break them.

 

use a toothpick and a magnifying glass, DONT do it in the sun!!

Why would he not want to do it in the sun?

[matjojo]

 I did it with a Sewing needle and a halogen Desk lamp (you need quite a bit of light to make sure everything is good). 1 pin at a time. I was very careful to not bend it past the point where the other pins where sitting so it wouldn't put even more stress on the pins ans break them.

 

Why would he not want to do it in the sun?

 

 

the sun could get very hot if you have the magnifying glass stable all the time.

[GzeroD]

the sun could get very hot if you have the magnifying glass stable all the time.

Ahh i didn't realize you meant using the magnifying glass under the sun. I didn't use a magnifier at all (and I have rather poor Vision) The pins are not really that tiny; you just need the dexterity to adjust the pins .

[matjojo]

Ahh i didn't realize you meant using the magnifying glass under the sun. I didn't use a magnifier at all (and I have rather poor Vision) The pins are not really that tiny; you just need the dexterity to adjust the pins .

 

ow haha, i have according to my eye doctor 20/20 vision, bit i always would use a magnifying glass to see the smaller bent pieces.

[Jimbillroo Digital]

Well, there's plenty of time to learn, and this is the place to start! 

 

Thanks!

 

Consider this as a valuable lesson. If you can't get those pins straight then your board is scrap mate.

 

I'll never forget it. Also, we couldn't get the pins straight after all.

 

Heh, expensive mistake. Probably tried to put a 775 CPU in. First lesson: always run part numbers through google before installing unknown hardware.

Second lesson: not all CPUs are the same socket.

I've fixed motherboards where someone has jammed an 1156 into an 1150, those are usually not bad.

And as always if in doubt make a thread here, we're a pretty friendly bunch.

 

Thanks!

 

 I did it with a Sewing needle and a halogen Desk lamp (you need quite a bit of light to make sure everything is good). 1 pin at a time. I was very careful to not bend it past the point where the other pins where sitting so it wouldn't put even more stress on the pins ans break them.

 

I've tried and can't get anything to work. Thanks for your help though.