On Friday 12 November 2010 21:49:06 Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I was making some pcs and after showing him how in another machine, I > assigned someone to put in a cpu and they bent some of the pins. there are > about 900 !!! (around 30 rows of 30). Now it wont install into the socket > AM3. > > I have tried straighting them by using a credit card (or thin new york > metrocard) as a group lineup as well as using a > lead pencil 5mm holder to straighten the indiviual tines (pins) as well as > a thin mending needle. > > however it still resists putting into the socket on the asus motherboard. > > any other ideas on how to ease it in? > > Thanks
Did it the same way once. Look at the pins with a light source hitting them at various angles. It will show which one are not straighten-up. When it fits on the socket, try to exchange the CPU for a new one, (as I did). Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
