How to Fix Bent Pins On A CPU

[@Britec09]

Hope this video helps you out, tools used are in video description. Drop us a LIKE 👍

[@ChrisBrown-jt7dg]

GR8 video many yrs ago had to straighten pins on sons cpu not as bad as in this video , Just order the Magnifying Glass and Plastic Razor Blades , GR8 add on for my tool kit thax

[@Britec09]

@@ChrisBrown-jt7dg You're welcome

[@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.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, these can be hard to fix and pins can sometimes break

[@TheNyulszeru]

Same thing happened to me. I never thought the CPU can come out from the socket that way.

[@Averagedude-mi3fl]

I’m late replying but always try to use the wiggle method. When you go to take out the cpu, start the pc up for or so first to heat the paste. After shutting down, loosen the cooler then twist the cooler a few times to break the seal that the paste creates with the cpu. After that carefully remove the cooler.

[@Maxuthecool]

Same thing for me

[@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.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, these were thin pins

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

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

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@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

[@Nikkikoo99]

damn man thats a really smart idea i gotta try it tomorrow

[@kevinm3751]

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.

[@nick92065]

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

[@Britec09]

Cheers Nick, I can't see the pins without the glasses lol

[@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

[@Britec09]

Many ways to do it, as long as it works, it don't matter what way you choose.

[@johngoard8272]

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? 😉

[@Britec09]

Thanks for sharing!

[@bruceyoung1343]

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

[@Britec09]

Good job

[@philnelson2364]

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.

[@juergenstremmler2286]

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.

[@Britec09]

what ever works best for you.

[@777AndrewR]

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

[@Britec09]

Good tip!

[@WrestlingFace]

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

[@Britec09]

You do have teeth like a claw hammer,🔨 I knew they would be useful for something

[@WrestlingFace]

@Britec09 lol 🔔

[@welshtony1]

nice selection of tools for the job

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@Tricknology]

❤️❤️

[@Britec09]

Hey man, hope you doing OK.

[@Tricknology]

@@Britec09 yeah I'm doing good. !! Britec is lub ❤️. like my old family.

[@frptest2128]

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

[@Britec09]

These where folded over, could not use that method

[@murphybrown32216]

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

[@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

[@andreasmuller2437]

I used a tiny needle, a magnifier glass, and only straightened the ones bent without stressing all the others unnecesarily...true it took me around 4 hours lol

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Oh my I cringe watching the tweezer method. Good video

[@magicbox2053]

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 ? :/

[@murphybrown32216]

what does pin A-3 do on a AMD FX-9590

[@iTechPro2012]

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

[@Britec09]

Best way

[@miak911]

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[@tonedcos]

Would heating the cpu help avoid breaking pins off?

[@Britec09]

No, never heat CPU

[@tonedcos]

@@Britec09 But isn't the whole point of coolers is to avoid over heating? When i said heat the cpu, i meant warm it on a hotplate type setup.

[@pantsi]

You forgot the best method...mechanical pencil...thank me later 😎

[@Britec09]

That only works if pins are not folded over like these. Could not use that method.

[@philnelson2364]

I wouldn't use plastic - Unless it was anti-static.

[@turboplayerg2872]

also here is a question why are the pins on this CPU bent ???? THIS doesn't make any sense to me constantly taking out pc parts cpu, video cards,memory,,psu for the sake of tinkering makes no damn sense you will damage your parts eventually it 's just dumb

[@Britec09]

I never bent them? watch the video. Someone else bent the pins.

[@PixelByte]

Nice Video Mate i fix ryzen 3600X 10pins!!!beast!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Britec09]

Nice 👍

[@drapp1680]

bent pins on a Ryzen oof, nice save Brian!

[@Britec09]

I know, right?

[@TiktokerAhmedd]

i love you Britec09

[@Britec09]

Bless

[@TiktokerAhmedd]

@@Britec09 You know all about pc

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[@TiktokerAhmedd]

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[@ojas3464]

👍Expired credit cards, redeemed plastic gift cards, and the likes could be repurposed☺

[@blackhat856]

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[@blackhat856]

I mean Graham ?

[@Britec09]

I can be who ever you want me to be.

[@CNC295]

Neighbor kid ordered a bunch of parts for a personal build. He gotta b 560 board and a 5600x. Yeah yeah you can guess what happened. He messed up that motherboard and that CPU something fierce.

[@Britec09]

These things happen

[@B055C0E]

I'm no expert but why don't they just make it one square piece with a hole instead of a million pins?

[@Joeker8171]

👍🏿

[@RRan-dk7ct]

Super!!!!!!

[@Britec09]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@bradend7255]

can u fix mine

[@disposable_hero1725]

Bend all the other pins so that match, Problem solved!

[@firrstlasst3162]

nice

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

....followed by how to fix bent pins on a Motherboard

[@Britec09]

Great idea lol

[@joemartinez8322]

Lol, I use to use a mechanical pencil.

[@Britec09]

not always possible with crossed pins.

[@turboplayerg2872]

OK here is a good idea is to stop buying OLD style technology like AMD CPUS amd need to make the switch amd to intels style it s really dumb that they have not done thiis.. i am hearing a lot of nightmare scenarios of guys dropping cpus and bending them i sick of the amd fanboys not critiquing amd for a lot of their bad decisions man look at this fool trying to fix pins on this crap.

[@Britec09]

whether pins are on cpu or motherboard, they still get bent.