X99 board; bent pin- ASUS Sabertooth (has OC socket)

[Mat_95]

Hey everyone; just wondering if a bent pin can actually cause issues, depending on its function/location? picture attached of socket.

thanks in advance!

[johnny5c]

Depending on the pin it can cause anything from certain RAM slots not working to a completely dead board.

[Mat_95]

2 minutes ago, johnny5c said:

Depending on the pin it can cause anything from certain RAM slots not working to a completely dead board.

Given the location of it, what do you that pin would be doing For the board? 

[TheGlenlivet]

Magnifying glass and a needle.  You can fix 'er right up.  

[Mat_95]

1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Magnifying glass and a needle.  You can fix 'er right up.  

I don’t have the steadiest of hands though; I’m a tad cautious too as you could imagine  

 

do you have any idea what that pins job actually is given it’s location? 

[johnny5c]

2 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Magnifying glass and a needle.  You can fix 'er right up.  

Exactly, I've brought a few boards back to life.  Check out the video JayzTwoCents did on repairing pins not long ago.

[TheGlenlivet]

2 minutes ago, Mat_95 said:

I don’t have the steadiest of hands though; I’m a tad cautious too as you could imagine  

 

do you have any idea what that pins job actually is given it’s location? 

No, we could look it up, but honestly, this is 1 or 2 slightly bent pins.  This is an easy fix, even for a shaky hand.  I'd repair, install the CPU and try and boot.

[Mat_95]

1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

No, we could look it up, but honestly, this is 1 or 2 slightly bent pins.  This is an easy fix, even for a shaky hand.  I'd repair, install the CPU and try and boot.

Alrighty then; I shall give it a second go; I watch Linus’ and Jayz’ videos so should be an easy find, the bent pin was worse than that before but yeah, I’m sure there’s a pin diagram somewhere to tell me the function of it  

[johnny5c]

4 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

No, we could look it up, but honestly, this is 1 or 2 slightly bent pins.  This is an easy fix, even for a shaky hand.  I'd repair, install the CPU and try and boot.

This is the best advice.  It's possible for a bent pin to contact another one and cause damage so don't try booting until you fix it.

[Mat_95]

2 minutes ago, johnny5c said:

This is the best advice.  It's possible for a bent pin to contact another one and cause damage so don't try booting until you fix it.

Alright; thank you for the advice and I did wonder what that’d do if it did so in the slightest, thanks again!