Mitchell Laks put forth on 11/12/2010 2:49 PM: > 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.
People who lack eye-hand coordination, have poor eyesight, are simply clumsy, or are young, less than say, generally speaking, excluding prodigies, 14-15 years old, should not be working on electronics. Buy another CPU, chuck that one in the can, or hang in in a "trophy case", and let this be a $50-$200 mistake the individual who dropped the CPU, and others, can learn from. Straightening bent CPU pins was much more possible when the pin count was lower and the spacing wider, say socket 370/A and earlier. The current pin densities of 939 and up make straightening more than a few bent pins fall into the "not worth the effort" category. If you have more than a dozen bent pins, replace the CPU, each the cost, learn the lesson. Bent pins during handling/installation is actually a minor reason why Intel created the Slot 1 interface. The major reason was locking out AMD from selling drop in compatible chips, but warranty claims due to bent pins was a minor reason as well. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
