Or, even faster, if you have rows of pins bent over but not totally flat against the underside of the CPU (as I have seen in such circumstances), you can use something such as a slot filler or a credit card to slide under the folded over pins and lean the pins back up straight all at once. Do this at right angles for each row with bent pins. This method helps to keep the row in alignment rather than having to wrangle each pin back into the proper position individually. But the pencil trick is a great idea if you only have a few bent pins.<br>
<br>GC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Dave Weiner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davew@coyotetechnical.com">davew@coyotetechnical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Does anybody have a socket 754 Athlon 64 cpu they'd be willing to part<br>
with? When I shipped my computer from Philly it got bounced around<br>
enough that the cpu popped out of the socket and got a couple of pins<br>
bent.<br>
<br>
I'm having a devil of a time finding one to buy, and replacing the<br>
motherboard and cpu would result in cascading upgrades of the video<br>
card and memory as well that I'm trying to avoid.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
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Dave<br>
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