My AMD Ryzen CPU Has Bent Pins What Would You Do?

[@Oregonian1]

Anybody else bothered by that hair hanging on the CPU socket?

[@fixitdaz]

I tried Sratning a pin on a CPU and snaped it off I held my breath to the end the suspense a great job Tim. Stay safe m8

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Daz thanks for commenting. I hope you all stay safe as well.

[@Ceilyne]

Appreciate the tip on pushing down gently on it if it just won't want to go down flush. Spent a frustrating hour trying to mess around with finessing my 3700x before seeing your video, and it instantly went in!

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Great! Thanks for commenting.

[@AlexandreNarbert]

1 tip, never use the thermal paste on the cooler, change it first! I put the Wraith Prism on my Ryzen 7 3700x and it stucked. Luckily, Im able to pull it out and causing 1 of the cpu pin to bent slightly. I just bent is slowly and insert to the motherboard, good thing its still working.

[@gedimangediman]

Still working fine before 3 months?

[@AlexandreNarbert]

@@gedimangediman yup still working till now, using it for gaming and editing. No problem. I'm even using 4x16gb dual rank 3200mhz ram

[@gedimangediman]

@@AlexandreNarbert Thanks. 🙏🏻 So I'm not going to return the processor and try to straighten the pins

[@Nicc93]

from best buy I bought a 5900x and out of the box had one bent pin. fixed it easily after watching many tutorials

[@welshtony1]

Nice fix Tim, Im lucky I haven't needed to do this but nice to know where a video is if I ever need to do it. Thanks

[@TimsComputerRepair]

May not be for everyone. Most may just return the cpu for another. So far so good on the computer right now. Thanks for commenting.

[@GeoSam]

I watch until the end and thought it was going to be a bust. But no you got that post after all. Thanks Tim, great job. 👍

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Yeah I was not sure either. I got lucky! Thanks for the comment.

[@Renderc4t]

Thank-you. I made the easy mistake of putting the CPU the wrong way back into the plastic clamshell (It's not clear at all which way it goes unless you watch an unboxing) and bent a few corner pins in the process. Razor blade got them mostly straight and into the socket first try. Such a relief when it booted up fine.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Glad the video helped. Thanks for commenting

[@thetinpin]

I've used two razor blades in the past. One on each side of the problem pin going right down the lines of pins on each side. Keeping the blades as straight up as possible, I pinched the blades together using the surrounding pins as a guide for straight. If needed, rock the pinched blades back and forth ever so slightly. I've rescued many (older less pin dense) CPUs that way. Good video!

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@boastyy]

Its much easier if you do not hover your hands in the air. Rest your wrist on something firm so your hand is supported. Then all you need to do is make small movements with your fingertips and its very precise. Don't try and pull it back in to shape in one go, you can easily pull it too far and you have to push it back the other way risking it breaking. I just use a little screwdriver with little rocking movements with my fingertips to ease it back in to shape a little at a time. Razer blade is handy to line up multiple pins. On a really bad bend I will heat it up a little with hairdryer/hot air gun as its a little more forgiving. At the least, a good light and free standing magnifying glass is needed but I use my 1080p camcorder on a makeshift vertical stand and plugged into my tv. Makes it much easier to see.

[@cptluckystar]

The CPU is the brain of the PC so when you think about it a CPU swap is like a brain transplant and any damage can potentially result in failure or brain damage, so when the CPU is damaged and you try to fix it it's like performing brain surgery if you bend back the pins without breaking them the surgery is a success, but like you said bend them back and forth and you risk breaking those pins and the surgery could result in failure and total brain failure, that said here's my sad story. I recently bought a full size ATX board to upgrade to, first thing I did wrong in removing my 2 year old Ryzen 7 1700 CPU, was taking the cooler off with the case vertically, but the real dumb thing was to take out the CPU without laying the case flat, you probably can guess what happened next, lost control of the CPU and it hit part of the motherboard and case I think and 2 or 3 pins got bent, didn't realize it and tried to install it into the Moro and it didn't work at first it was because I hadn't jumped the ground on the board, I had the board on the box it came in to test it, anyhow I jumped it but still no post so I check and sure enough pins are bent, I don't remember much after that except going online looking for solution to straightening bent pins, one said use jewelers screw diver another said use a real thin credit card and than I found Jayz2cents video where he purposely drops a Ryzen CPU to use a method with a Razor blade that straightens them and it works, so I tried it the only problem is all I had was a safety razor and broke one pin after the other, the next day I was able to get a angled razor like in the video and it straightened most of the pins, but many more broke off, 3 days later I've broken at least 25 pins and I can't fit the CPU in the socket to even see if it will work, in the video he did break a pin and many pins are either reserved or redundant so there is a very slim chance the CPU may still, work, by the way jewelers and experience PC can repair broken pins it's a micro soldering process, but it costs like $5 a pin, not every pin I broke may be necessary, I did save as many as I can in case there is a chance the CPU somewhat works, one trick although not recommended since it might damage your motherboard, my micro atx I was swapping out of has a bad sata, one trick is to put pints into socket where they are missing on the CPU, but that trick doesn't always work, anyhow I'm going to keep plugging along and see if I can get what pins are left, and there are far more left than broke off to fit in the socket and see what happens, I was able to get a deal with New Egg for a new Ryzen and it should arrive in the near future, but I'm gun shy now and I'm hoping I can get my local PC repair shop to the CPU install and mobo swap, but if they can't I damn well will treat this like the brain transplant it should have been treated like the first time, so learn from my dumb mistake guys and don't take any risks, after all it's not always easy to find another brain lol.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Thanks for commenting.

[@evanlohning]

boy, you sure can talk

[@tonywise198]

If the pins broke in the process of bending them back, would the supplier still honour your RMA?

[@ZOMBIE2LIFE]

Great video. This is my one of the many worries I have with the ryzen chips. I have a 5950x and if I break those pins, I'm f*cked but if those pins were on the MB, I'm f*cked but not as bad. I have a mini heart attack every time I handle a ryzen chip.

[@danskien5228]

Bent the pins on a ryzen 3 2200g. I know that feeling.

[@plsmannow217]

bent the pins on a ryzen 7 2700 x and now the cpu is rip :D

[@RohitSharma-rl3fd]

You save my life dude .. really helped me

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Great!

[@RohitSharma-rl3fd]

@@TimsComputerRepair ❤️

[@Britec09]

Good job Timster, not an easy job to fix.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Cheers Brian.

[@MitchHaman]

Good video Tim. You know, on my last two Ryzen builds.I don't think I even checked the pins before I dropped them into the sockets. Evidently, as you know, both of mine of working.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Yeah I just take a quick glance at the pins because you never know. Thanks for commenting.

[@enskyenskk]

I have the exact 3 bended pins on a corner. I swear it came in like this, but the company I bought it from is simply blaming me; "user-abuse" as they call it. No warranty, nothing. They offered to try and bent it back for me, but whatever happens in that process, they are not liable. As if I have a choice. From now on, everything of worth I will be opening with camera and I can advice that to everyone. NOTE: I bought components 2 months apart from each other, because money, so when I found out my Ryzen had 3 bent pins, I already owned the product for ~50 days, yeah stupid to not check first I know. But with that trick I threw away many consumer rights.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Thanks for commenting.

[@mohdwahidi]

I repaired the bent pin on Ryzen using the plastic box that comes with it (which actually the one causing the bend). The problem is the solution.

[@sergei3148]

not for me , I would sent it back , too scared of screwing it!

[@adamfilip]

they wont take it back..

[@GregM]

I have used a box cutter blade to do the straightening on a couple of pins in the past. One always holds your breath in case it does not work and it has to RMA it back and the vendor does some finger-pointing.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Yeah some are saying I should have not touched it and send it back. Thanks for the comment.

[@migsycee]

Nice one Tim. These Ryzen chips still remind me of of the old AMD ATHLON XP days with there fragile pins, good to see AMD quality control has not got any better sending out chips with bend pins. Keep up the good work matey and stay safe.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Cheers Migsy and thanks for commenting as usual. You stay safe as well.

[@Run187]

Pins can also get bent in transit and to fair to amd they can't check every chip. Wish they would stop making cpus we can afford with pins on the chip..

[@botlegend.]

@@Run187 i agree we should get something less frigile if we are going to spend this much

[@johnsenchak1428]

I would look at the datasheet for that CPU first to see if those outer t pins connect to anything inside of the die . I would also use a anti static strap and use a real small pair of tweezers , instead of a screwdriver

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Ah.. Thanks for your input.

[@treblarefils]

my 3800x had bent pins also in the same exact spot i used a mechanical pencil to straighten them worked im typing on it now lol. I was super mad at the time though and didnt want to have to return it.

[@armagedon515]

That's the safest way to do it as the pencil tip is the perfect size.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Yeah looks like quality controlled was on break when this one shipped.

[@Yeowshenglol_]

Hey teach me bro

[@Yeowshenglol_]

Can you dm me @ttv_yeowsheng tks

[@lucasargentina5586]

Man can you explaine me the process?

[@olemarac3810]

I just dropped my 5800x removing it from the box and result ons several bent pins, upfully I can manage to straighten up

[@gedimangediman]

You fixed now? I happened the same and I could not

[@olemarac3810]

@@gedimangediman yeah is fixed and it's working fine, I do somo oc and stress test and nothing to worry

[@gedimangediman]

@@olemarac3810 Thanks

[@SteinerHaus]

My son presented me with a Ryzen 5 3600 that he's removed from his computer and dropped it, bending several pins. So, I'm gonna have a shot at straightening about 8 pins and possibly replacing at least one. Thanks for your information. I think that using the vice is a darned good idea.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

"Replacing one" wow... let us know how that goes lol. Thanks for commenting.

[@SteinerHaus]

@@TimsComputerRepair The bent pins ( 21 of them) were not too difficult to straighten. There was one that was bent flat (90 degrees) that was a challenge. (I used a small vice to hold the CPU and a small LED lamp for illumination. Along with a 3X magnifying lens.) That pin and one other snapped off when I gently worked toward getting them vertical. So I have a total of three pins that broke off of the CPU. I'm looking for a source of pins from another CPU before I try soldering the broken ones. At least the "pin pads" stayed in place, so it may be possible to replace the broken pins. I think that two of them are "place keepers" but the third one is going to be the real deal breaker. The CPU project is on hold for a while.

[@AmazonFinds.2k]

@@SteinerHaus How did it go?

[@SteinerHaus]

@@AmazonFinds.2k Well, due to the number of pins that were bent and the three that snapped off, I'd list my attempt as a Failure. There were just too many pins that refused to straighten and another few that broke off when I tried straightening them. Son replaced CPU and heat sink with a back up older model and I acquired a big heat sink.

[@AmazonFinds.2k]

@@SteinerHaus Yeah i understand it didn't work out, nice try tough. If your CPU has 4-5 or even 10 bend pins it usually is possible to save. But 21 is a bit too much as with every pin you bend you risk breaking it.

[@botlegend.]

so someone gave me a ryzen 5 2600x. three of the corner pins were slightly tilted inward. do you think this would be an easy fix? i just need some confidence.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Yes it is worth a try. Go For It!

[@botlegend.]

@@TimsComputerRepair Thanks I am going to try and see if I can get it working

[@rachaelknight8048]

i had the same problem with a 5950x off ebay the guy i got it off taped the cpu into a i9 packet and put it in a thin jiffy bag bending them pins back deffo gave me a sweaty but crack

[@grento9654]

How's the processor now? Still alive? Temps?

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Oh yes...Still running like a champ!

[@gedimangediman]

Hi. I just bought a 3700x from amazon and I got bent pins, I am very frustrated because I saved money for years for my first computer. Would it be possible that the performance of the CPU is negatively impacted even though I organized the bent pins? Please helpme.

[@PapaMav]

Depends on which pins are bent; there are many "negative" or ground, pins for redundancy. So, if it is just a couple of those that are bent, there may be no negative impact bc of there being many other negative pins on the CPU.

[@gedimangediman]

@@PapaMav Thanks for answering. So far it has been over a month and has worked well.

[@PapaMav]

@@gedimangediman excellent news !

[@gedimangediman]

@@PapaMav Some people told me that sooner or later it will fail but I hope not.

[@timitbiscuit3620]

Mine bent and snapped off. Game over lol. In future I need be very very careful or buy different kind of cpu

[@femboy_twink]

Same here, I had successfuly fixed over 10 bent pins but a 90 degree one just snapped as I was benting it upwards. Game over indeed.

[@timitbiscuit3620]

@@femboy_twink lol good news was I spent 300 got new one

[@femboy_twink]

@@timitbiscuit3620 lol yeah, same here. Buying a $250 cpu today taking advantage of cyber Monday

[@lockdowntv874]

Why so many ADS? Ridiculous.

[@PapaMav]

Good vid Tim !

[@TimsComputerRepair]

Thanks 👍

[@abdelhamiedmustafa1435]

everybody else: nice bro good for u me: 1650 super with a ryzen 5 3600 the cpu is gonna get bottlenecked like crazy

[@chargedonpc9989]

Only on gpu intensive games

[@abdelhamiedmustafa1435]

@@chargedonpc9989 lol

[@cookwitharuna6134]

Bro will it damage any performance??

[@TimsComputerRepair]

No.

[@Hobbes4ever]

guess that's how AMD sell more cpus, by keep using PGA instead of LGA

[@blazejaw4591]

Mine shipped with bent pins I’m arguing with AMD right now 😡

[@gedimangediman]

Same here.

[@blazejaw4591]

@@gedimangediman I was able to get RMA

[@gedimangediman]

@@blazejaw4591 I was going to return it to Amazon but since the 3700x is no longer available I decided to straighten the pins, at the moment I am testing the processor and it seems to be fine.

[@christopherc92]

I've just had that problem with a ryzen 3700x. Damn company I bought it off put the cpu the wrong way round in the tray.

[@no_one_gaming8184]

Imagine Chinese are making amd cpu to lga in aliexpress.

[@Yeowshenglol_]

Hi my pin got bend

[@Yeowshenglol_]

How bro

[@Yeowshenglol_]

Can you help me :(

[@conoquesbuey3493]

Use credit card is more safe.

[@ItsTimeToSaveAmerica]

I bought a ryzen 7 5800 from Amazon a little over a month ago and finally got all of the PC items I needed. I opened it for the first time last night and it's not working. Amazon now says they won't let me return it because I bought it over a month ago, what a crock of crap. I just spent over $1000 with Amazon and can't return it. $219 down the drain.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

There is a one year warranty through the manufacturer. You need to determine which part is bad before you start any RMA process.

[@ItsTimeToSaveAmerica]

@@TimsComputerRepair I'm not sure how to do that.

[@TimsComputerRepair]

You may need to take your computer to a repair shop in your area and have them diagnose and/or identify the faulty part.