Broken CPU socket pin repair?

[lexidobe]

My friend gave me an Asus Prime X299 Deluxe with a broken pin in the CPU socket. There is nothing left of the pin, just the tiny hole that it came out of. The system won't POST without it. My question is where would I take the board to have the CPU socket replaced? Thanks

[iRileyx]

Best option is return it if its still under warranty, or RMA it. I'd imagine its still under warranty with x299 being so new.

[Phentos]

Board's toast. A repair shop won't be able to help, as they would most likely lack the necessary equipment to replace the socket.

 

RMA.

 

[lexidobe]

If the repair shop has a BGA rework station, could they fix it?

[luigi90210]

10 minutes ago, lexidobe said:

If the repair shop has a BGA rework station, could they fix it?

if they are comfortable desoldering the current socket, cleaning the board up, resoldering the pads then soldering on the new socket they should be able to do it

if you are gonna send it to anyone i suggest sending it to Louis Rossmann 
https://www.rossmanngroup.com/

he does amazing work and even though he does macbook repairs im sure he could repair a cpu socket

[MadOverclocker]

10 minutes ago, lexidobe said:

If the repair shop has a BGA rework station, could they fix it?

They could, however it is actually pretty hard to remove the socket once the socket has desoldered, because it could leave contact balls. Also you could get an older motherboard and put it on that one, there's no actual guarranty it will be stable or POST. I give u these answers cuz im optimistic (I don't know if being optimistic is good though).

[MadOverclocker]

Just now, luigi90210 said:

if they are comfortable desoldering the current socket, cleaning the board up, resoldering the pads then soldering on the new socket they should be able to do it

if you are gonna send it to anyone i suggest sending it to Louis Rossmann 
https://www.rossmanngroup.com/

he does amazing work and even though he does macbook repairs im sure he could repair a cpu socket

Yeah, Louis Rossman is very amazing. OP should send it to him. Very informative guy.

[lexidobe]

3 minutes ago, luigi90210 said:

if they are comfortable desoldering the current socket, cleaning the board up, resoldering the pads then soldering on the new socket they should be able to do it

if you are gonna send it to anyone i suggest sending it to Louis Rossmann 
https://www.rossmanngroup.com/

he does amazing work and even though he does macbook repairs im sure he could repair a cpu socket

I saw some of his Youtube videos, he seems good at what he does.

[MadOverclocker]

Just now, lexidobe said:

I saw some of his Youtube videos, he seems good at what he does.

Yes, he seems very good at his job. I don't know if u saw the video with his "youngest viewer" (I put on quotes because, anyways...) and the viewer was very confident of what he was saying, that little kid is a hella of a smart kid. I would say Louis Rossmann is very informative on how he explains everything.

[Brett_Bst]

have you tried putting a cut tip of a pin in the hole and see if it posts

[MadOverclocker]

5 minutes ago, Brett_Bst said:

have you tried putting a cut tip of a pin in the hole and see if it posts

I remember talking to someone that did this, it was for an lga 775 motherboard. Don't know if it works on newer mb's.

[luigi90210]

3 minutes ago, MadOverclocker said:

I remember talking to someone that did this, it was for an lga 775 motherboard. Don't know if it works on newer mb's.

it should work since its an LGA socket that you are fixing, just try it and see if it posts, if it does than leave it and dont bother repairing the board

[Brett_Bst]

19 minutes ago, MadOverclocker said:

I remember talking to someone that did this, it was for an lga 775 motherboard. Don't know if it works on newer mb's.

yh I have seen it done but on older boards so not 100% sure it would work but if it was me I would try it lol