How to Fix Bent Pins On A CPU

How to Fix Bent Pins On A CPU
So you got a CPU with bent pins? whether you dropped the CPU and bent the pins or whether you put it into the cpu socket the wrong way, the result is the same, bent cpu pins. So does that mean the cpu is no good? no, you can straighten them, it won't be easy and there is no guarantee that you won't snap the pins and make the CPU useless. So take your time when straightening cpu pins. I will show you how I straighten cpu pins.

Headband Magnifying Glass

Plastic Razor Blades

Small Precision Screwdriver Set

Precision Tweezers Set

MG Chemicals 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol Electronics Cleaner

iSesamo - essential tool

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[CoolDudeClem]

This was real a nightmare when this happened to me. A year or so ago, I needed to re-seat my CPU, I loosened the heat-sink so I could take it off and get to the CPU, but when I pulled the heat-sink off, the CPU came with it, bending a few the pins. That thermal paste was like glue! I thought it was all over, £300 down the drain. I was so glad that I managed to straighten the pins and not damage anything. I was relieved when I put it back in the computer and it still worked. I NEVER want to go through that all again.

[reamoinmcdonachadh]

Thank you Brian, very useful and informative. Can I also add that I'm glad you were able to rescue that CPU from the results of someone else's carelessness. Very happy to see it post!!
Respectfully Yours, R

[nick]

Great video. I have the same glasses and I use a a needle to straighten the pins along with my watch maker screw drivers.

[JoshuaMattingly]

Good tools and tips for fixing broken pins. I've personally never had good experience repairing newer CPUs. New ones are so brittle and easy to break. Older CPUs were much easier to fix and less prone to break on me. Cheers.

[retropcdurham]

I always use a mechanical pencil with the leads removed. The pencil head fits perfectly over the CPU pins and allows me to gently wiggle them back into place

[bruceyoung]

I had a few bent pins on a i7 for a computer I was building. Magnifying glass and straight pins got ‘em straight

[johngoard]

Yes Brian I have had to do this on a few occasions even with the older Intel CPU (many moons ago) and I used an old credit card that I rubbed down the edge of with some really fine wet and dry sanding paper so it was thin enough to run along the pin lines. The best about using the credit card was that it could reach right across the line of pins ensuring a nice alignment. Of course each to their own eh? 😉

[DevilbyMoonlight]

a bent darning needle or a small dental pick is handy for this when you need to lift badly bent pins when they are bent past the next row - as it allow you to hook underneath them - bent pins were a common thing back in the days of 486's - before the ZIF sockets came out and you had to press them in quite hard

[juergenstremmler]

I had some pins on an AMD 7 4750G CPU which were bent absolutely flat between the different rows of other pins. So I first fixed the CPU with a small vice and used a digital electronic microscope to magnify the pins. Next I lifted them justa little with a fixing pin and then started the same procedure with the razor blade.

[philnelson]

A anti-static wrist strap is recommended and, I'd use a jeweler's screw driver instead of tweezers… you have better control. Tweezers could easilly slip and destroy one or more pins. Been there, done that. Been in computers since 1975.

[kevinm]

The keyword to doing this is "massage", you want to massage the pins to influence them to move! Trying to force them in any way you stand a good chance of breaking them off! I used to have a tool I got somewhere that had a channel in it with tiny flares at the ends to help bring pins back into alignment using similar actions to how you did with your plastic razor. Dont recall where I got it and cant find it now but they do make them and worth getting one if you do this for a living.

[AndrewR]

Great video! Bought 2 mobos used with bent CPU pins unknowingly from sellers. Newbies beware don't buy used mobos without warranties!

[WrestlingFace]

Good video, I just use my teeth to straighten pins, that's why they call me Jaws from James Bond

[frptest]

additional tool that u can use, try the needle of syringe its easy to use, just use sand paper to straighten the needle

[shivamkrishn]

Sir pls help me to sort this.
I have an AMD machine ( latest drivers) I have seen that most of my software looks blurry and that can be temporarily fixed by going to that software properties <compatibility <change high dpi settings < tick both options. This makes things clear again

[murphybrown]

which pins matter AMD FX-9590, I have one with many bent pins and one broken?

[iTechPro]

I’ve run a card down the rows of pins that are bent and tilted the card towards the pins that are bent or used the corner of the card to straighten them out

[magicbox]

Hi i just got a B550plus tuf motherbord and i broke MB_DQS_L[3] pin on my ryzen 5 3600 . what kind of ram should i use and what should i do for the time being ? :/

[TimsComputerRepair]

Oh my I cringe watching the tweezer method. Good video