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| 1488384 | 2022-09-19 04:31:00 | Has anyone had a CPU socket replaced? Youtube makes it look quite doable if you have the right equipment and a degree of knowhow. Any idea of the cost? The actual socket (LGA1155) is about NZ$3.00 from Alibaba. Most cost will be in the skill of the technician. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 1488385 | 2022-09-20 09:39:00 | Don't even think about it if you don't have a solder sucker and a very fine tipped soldering iron. Personally I'd rate the chances of success as very low, but that probably reflects my poor skills with a soldering iron. Dunno if the double-sided motherboards will make it even less do-able. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1488386 | 2022-09-20 19:26:00 | No, I wasn't thinking of doing it myself. I just wondered if there were any computer repairers in NZ capable of doing such a thing. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1488387 | 2022-09-20 21:40:00 | No, I wasn't thinking of doing it myself. I just wondered if there were any computer repairers in NZ capable of doing such a thing. There would be very few. And the ones that did it would more than likely cost an arm and a leg to get done. Might be OK if you wanted to get a new socket and try but be 100% prepared to have a total failure. You would only need to have 1 pin out slightly or solder spread over a couple of pins, and it wouldn't work. If you really wanted to try, you can always send it to these guys in the good ol USA ps3specialist.com Dont know how they are etc, only found them Via a Google search. Just did a bit of maths in the head, looking at their pricing you could be up for around $250 -$300 (NZ) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1488388 | 2022-09-21 00:17:00 | That's what I thought too. I am getting another 2nd hand CPU to try before I bin the board. The 2nd hand is supposed to be OK but only time will tell. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1488389 | 2022-09-30 03:24:00 | OK update! I have tried three separate CPUs with my Asus P67 to no avail. I have now replaced the m/b, the replacement (an Asus Z77 with an i5 3470) and it has fired up so obviously it was the m/b. I will get around to upgrading to Win11 and then will try using it as a media PC with my Sony Bravia where I was having sound issues. Will leave it on W10 to start and then compare with W11 at a later date. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1488390 | 2022-10-01 14:22:00 | It's definitely possible but not worth it for most consumer boards given the repair will cost about the same as a new board. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1488391 | 2022-10-01 14:27:00 | Don't even think about it if you don't have a solder sucker and a very fine tipped soldering iron. Personally I'd rate the chances of success as very low, but that probably reflects my poor skills with a soldering iron. Dunno if the double-sided motherboards will make it even less do-able. It *might* have been doable by hand for a socket 3 board or an 8086... But nothing is double sided now. Modern boards are at least 8 layers and a lot of CPU sockets are BGA mounted these days anyway. So you need a good rework machine and the skill to use it. |
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