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| Thread ID: 101101 | 2009-07-01 14:29:00 | Bent 775 pin.....but PC seems OK? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | Press F1 |
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| 787966 | 2009-07-01 14:29:00 | So when I took of my old CPU to replace it with the new one I found that one pin is out of place. Maybe it was two, but it's so damn hard to see even with a magnifying glass. So I tried to put it in place as best I could and put the new CPU in. I was 99% sure the PC won't boot as from experience I knew (back when I had 2 bent pins on a Celeron D) it probably won't. But to my surprise the PC did boot, new CPU was detected and I passed through 5 loops of Intel Burn Test. At the moment I am running SP2004 on all four cores and have not (maybe yet) run into trouble. So my question is - am I lucky that the pin though bent, is making correct contact with the CPU, or am I asking for trouble by letting it run? |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 787967 | 2009-07-01 21:06:00 | Well if it works leave it alone. Trying to straighten them usually results in it breaking off. That will void the warranty. You can find pin diagrams which shows what they all do, and some of them aren't too important. Pure luck you bent one of those ones I'd say. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 787968 | 2009-07-01 21:35:00 | I Knocked my 6000+ off a table about a year ago. :eek: Very silly - not sure how I managed it, but it did a reasonable job of mangling the pins - 40 or so were out of place. I managed to bend them all back to where they should have been, put the CPU in and away the PC went, no hassles at all. I've taken it out several times since then too, after being put in and taken out, they kind of bend back to where they ought to be. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 787969 | 2009-07-02 00:58:00 | Well if it works leave it alone. Trying to straighten them usually results in it breaking off. That will void the warranty. You can find pin diagrams which shows what they all do, and some of them aren't too important. Pure luck you bent one of those ones I'd say. Well, I tried bending it as best I could. I tried contacting Intel through their Livechat in India and through email, and they were only interested to tell me that I have screwed myself and that Asus most likely will decline a warranty claim. Which is fair I guess. I've tried looking at a 775 pin diagram, but I'm not sure if I am looking at the right thing and even if I am I don't know what they're for! Oh, and I left SP2004 running on all four cores for 7 hours.....all stable, temperatures excellent. You reckon it's nothing to fret about? Or pushing my luck? Is it possible that the pin though bent is making the right contact? I hate pins....why can't they make wireless contact? :lol: |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 787970 | 2009-07-02 04:39:00 | Should be fine. Theres a lot of tolerance for contact on those pins. | inphinity (7274) | ||
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