Ouch!

[Big Jim]

5900x, customer dropped it.

 

[frase]

Another Motherf**n Disaster.

That is going to be fun to straighten without snapping.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Northridgefix repairs these and it's not as hard as one would expect (if your micro-soldering skills are up to snuff).

 

[Big Jim]

2 more pins bent at 90 degrees that didn't take a picture of, they are the ones that had me the most nervous

Northridgefix repairs these and it's not as hard as one would expect (if your micro-soldering skills are up to snuff).

It is ridiculous how easy he made that look.

I've bent them all back again, the ones bent at 90 degrees now have a small kink in them, but the CPU fits in an AM4 socket again.
haven't live tested it.

 

[Blues]

I find it funny how people still hate the pins on the CPU vs the motherboard yet I have dropped more things on a mother board than I have dropped CPUs and when this first began you had the argument of MB being cheaper to replace than CPU but today that is not true for higher end systems. So now I would much rather risk the CPU than the MB given the cost and my personal experience with which component is more likely to be damaged by my hands.

I will add while I have never had a pin bent by more than probably 30 degrees my experience straightening any pins has not been the nightmare I hear about with so far 100% success rate in a perfectly function CPU that operates within spec.

 

[Markverhyden]

I've found an Exacto knife to be the best tool for straightening those pesky bent pins.

 

[britechguy]

I've found an Exacto knife to be the best tool for straightening those pesky bent pins.

The Exacto knife is "the duct tape" of repair tools for many small repairs. I've also found that very fine needle nose pliers or tweezers are great for this purpose, too.

 

[Markverhyden]

very fine needle nose pliers

Especially the hooked (bent nose) versions. But the inside faces need to be grooved for me for suprior grip. I bought my first pair some 25 years ago and wasn't paying attention. Inside faces were smooth so it was pretty useless.

 

[britechguy]

@Markverhyden

It sounds like you got jeweler's pliers, which routinely have smooth faces so as not to mar the work. I used to make jewelry, so have those along with conventional ones with the cross-hatched grip surfaces.

 

[frase]

I've found an Exacto knife to be the best tool for straightening those pesky bent pins.

Yeap I use a razor and my scope.

 

[Diggs]

We're in hemostat territory here. I keep straight and hooked from tiny up to 24" and most sizes in between. One of my more valuable tools.