Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: touchstone57 on July 14, 2007, 07:13:25 AM
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So guys
My previous motherboard got broke and I ordered a new one which just arrived today.
Then, to make things worse, my heatsink is broken. The peice of metal that goes through the middle is bent slightly (that clips onto the motherboard), preventing me from cliping in the heatsink properly, When trying to manouver it in, the proccesor got forces out of its socket and some of the pins bent.
How do I unbend the pins without causing further damage? At first I though all hope was lost and that I would have to throw my $200 processor away. But my freind says he managed to unbend a badly damaged processor and fix it with some special tools.
How exactly would I got about fixing this? and what tools would I need and where from?
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And my second question is, what do I do about the heasink? I have tried bending the peice of metal back into place, but it just wont budge (I held one side flat while trying to get the other level with it).
If I cant fix it, where can I get a new fan + heatsink from? I need it to ben an AMD Athlon fan for 939 socket processors. I've tried looking around but cant seem to find one.
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Quick answer, wait for better instructions
yes, those pins can carefully be straightened out... I would google for awhile on straightening out pins on a damaged cpu < google combinations with words like these and you'll see posts where people had the same type of problem and how they fixed it...
AMD socket 939 fans & heatsinks (below are 248 to look at ;) )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010110574+1370826092&name=Fan%26Heatsinks
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well I did find some "solutions" but it didn't work for me. I tried straightening out the pins with a credit card but it doesnt work that well. Becuase some of the pins are bent downwards so theres no help there...
And as good as newegg is, they dont deliver to the UK, and I need somewhere that does.
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Hi Touchstone i have always used a stanley blade on its own( take the blade out of the stanley it's self), even when the pins are bent towards other pins just gently coax the pointed end of the blade underneath the pin and run it along the grooves, it will work in one direction or another. then when you have enough space to get the blade through you can line it up with the others, this method has never failed me,
good luck
all the ebst
Simshi
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And make each bend gradual...if you try to do it all at once you risk snapping the pin.
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Thats exactly what happened. I managed to straighten out a lot of the pins, but a little one in the corner snapped off. What do I about it? I think I'm doomed :'(
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un fortunatley you are doomed mate and will now hvae to fork out, but i am curious which method did you use?
simshi
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Yep.
That normally spells Doom....sorry.
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hmm thats sad news. I used a tiny knife, I was able to bend most of them just one tiny little one in the corner broke of.
Its kind of a shame I just baught that processor :(
I'll have to use my old processor instead....