How to Fix Bent Motherboard Pins
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2013
- Got a motherboard with bent socket pins? It's actually pretty simple to fix, provided the pins aren't too badly bent. Give it a go!
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I've bent back like 10 to 15 pins on a damaged AMD Athlon X4 860K, and guess what...
I'm typing this comment on the machine running this CPU now :)
Nice :)
+deWaardt I think i may have bent my Z170A motherboard pins but there are really small so i can hardly see then do you think it is fixable and i dont know how many are bent can i still put a CPU in or what
+joshua maddock with bent pins you can't put your CPU in, not at all. You can try to bend them back, if you don't think you can do it, you could try to ask some tech savvy person who might want to do this for you :)
+deWaardt 15? Try all of it. I pulled the stock cooler and the processor goes with it (Phenom X4 955). Well, to this date, it is still working.
Fortunately AMD CPU's use PGA sockets so the pins are on the CPU, making them fairly easy to bend back.
Fortunately I've never had an LGA socket motherboard with bent pins.
10 years ago. Look at where you are now.. Great achievement Mate.. All your works are incredible..
OMG Thank you!! I found a $200 motherboard in a e waste bin i took it and nothing was wrong with it but the cpu socket pin were bent (only like 4-5 of them)! you probably will not read this but i have to thank you for show me this(there is no other video show this on youtube like your!) Thank you
The motherboard is a ASUS P7H5D-V EVO
@@TjMag. Yo i found 4 of them and 3 other asus ones for 50$ planning on fixing them. How dod yours go?
@@yaaaboiflexi7114 it went good, I got a cpu for the motherboard, an i7-980 off kijiji for like $40, and I bought a 1050ti and it has work perfectly for about 4 years
@@yaaaboiflexi7114 over all I spend under $200 for probably best price to performance pc out there at the time. There was no issue that I occurred other then a few bios issues, so I recommend taking the time and learning how to bios flash the motherboards
@@TjMag. after watching tech yes city he inspired me to get a Xeon x3440. Got one for 12$ on AliExpress. I am using one one of the boards (an EVGA ) with 16gb ram and a 780. I’d say that whole build with case and psu was 130$. Crazy performance too.
Your video has given me hope and encouragement. Even just trying to fix the pins will make me feel less dumb about having bent them in the first place. Great contribution.
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9 years ago I bought a new motherboard which I booted up and it quickly shut down and was permanently dead. Thinking it was my fault, I threw it in the closet and kept it in storage until I saw this video today. I took a closer look at it and saw the pins were bent, likely a manufacturing defect I didn't notice years ago. I corrected the pins and it's working now! Now I can give a working PC to a family member. Thank you so much!
This video is a little bit old, but I'd like to thank you for it. I was just about to go replacing an expensive CPU because of an intermittent boot-up/shut-down until I looked closely and realized I had bent some of the pins on the motherboard. Followed the video step by step and now the computer works just fine! Thank you for saving my business! I'm lost without a working computer!
Thanks this helped a lot!
Today I accidentally bent a few pins, and thought to myself: that's it for this motherboard, but thanks to your video I've successfully repaired it! You've made my day!
Thank you very much for posting this video. Using it as a guide, I managed to save my new motherboard which had some bent pins (and was heading for the scrapheap)! My own fault I must add, but you have just saved me the cost of a replacement board :)
Definitely useful! I have bought plenty of dual core. Dual processor motherboards and been too scared to try. I'm not nervous now to give it a go as I just bought a brand new MB very high end and it has 2 bent pins! Thank you for assisting my confidence in this as EVERYONE resells boards with bent pins SNEAKILY not mentioning BENT PINS! And The end up DIRT CHEAP! And move around the world... Cheers bro
Just got to your video. I can't believe that it worked after you bent them back into place. That is crazy cool. Great job man.
He reminds me of Theon Greyjoy. Nonetheless, fantastic video!
and i was wondering who he reminds me!
Your enthusiasm rocks.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I knew it was nearly impossible to fix those pins but i took all the advices you said and IT WORKED! Great videos! Greatings from Ecuador!
I used to work repairing PCs (many years ago). Re-aligning pins like this was quite common, on IDE drives and on fpga processors. Like the man said, if you are careful / gentle this works quite well.
Thank you for this video. I payed the 10 dollars (about 9 euros) for a motherboard and fix the pins. I tested it and worked great!
Great job I fixed mine with a blade ,good light and steady hand :) .Working flawless ever since .
I think seeing you get excited when it fired up the first time made this video well worth the watch. :-)
I bought a pair of magnified glasses for this a couple years ago. They worked really well. I also used some tiny tweezers. Some of the pins were bent downward so the tweezers were perfect. My i5 760 has been rock solid at 4ghz since! I wish I could of had this video for reference back then. Nice video!
Really helpful video. I need to do this myself since I have a motherboard with a single bent pin as well.
But anyone attempting this should also check whether all their RAM slots are working as well because the intel processor's memory controller is connected to the RAM slots via its pins as well and bent pins could mean that some or all of your memory slots wouldn't work.
Did this for a friend of a friend a few months ago. Was pretty intimidating on an expensive board (Z87-GD65). I used the same little screw driver's you have and spent a good 45 min on it (20-30 bent pins). Comparing to the rest of the row worked best and also not worrying about getting them perfect. Luckily I didn't snap any pins and it booted!
Where are the ads? Such a good work... and not commercialized? Nice.
Not had to face this so far, but brilliant video. Thanks for the advice and boost to confidence.
My friend and I were in a similar situation, although we had the pins of the CPU itself bent quite badly. Using more ore less the same procedure (with a little help of a credit card), we managed to save an Intel i7. The sigh of relief was endless.
TY this helped me alot for fixing my motherboard aswell, it arrived with a bent pin, so i am happy you made this video
Loving the videos dude! Honestly some of the best content I've seen for a long time :) Great job man :)
love that enthusiasm :D
Congratulations!! I have also done this before on an X99 Asus PRO it was about 7 pins and I fixed I just like you.. I bought of from ebay for 45USD. and now this mobo is mounted and is being used as my Primary gaming RIG!! :D
Bro u just saved my life...man he is the one..❤️❤️
My cat chewed through my turtle beach headphones cable, and I currently don't have speakers hooked up, so it was quite interesting watching this video with Closed Captions on.
Thanks for the tutorial!
Just solder the cables back together. Problem solved.
Where is the video on how to build the light?
Mate! You are a legend you just saved my £1k build - last time I get over excited completed my build! Lol
Going to try this with my motherboard. Thanks for the tips.
I used two small knives to bend some pins back in place once. I squeezed the pins inbetween the two blades. Worked like a charm. The knives made it easy since they can get between all the other pins and they help stabilize.
I've used a mechanical pencil to repair a 1150 board before, worked a treat. You got lucky as the pins you had bent weren't too bad. Good job with it though! :)
dude thanks so much, I accidentally bent a pin cause i was being too rough with the socket and after watching this i was able to get it almost perfect so thanks! hopefully it posts lol
Great how to, bent some pins on my Z87 Stinger a while back, and although I knew what needed to be done, its nice to have a GOOD video of how to.
In meantime I ended up buying a Refurbished Asus Z87 Gryphon to replace it (case is a Micro ATX Tt Core V21, so had the space), to use my i5 4690K in, though luckily I bought a cheap Celeron G1840 to test with and for Bios Updating in case the Haswell/DC's weren't supported with an older bios in either of the boards, luckily they already were updated, will probably end up using the "Celery" (as some of us used to call them back in the day) in that Stinger board if I can get the pins bent back into place. Damaged them installing the plastic protector for the socket, installed wrong way, pushed the bracket/frame down, and wasn't until after I realized what I did. Void warranty for a moment of stupidity, all that was wrong with it before this, was a defective DIMM slot, so I was going to RMA it, not anymore, LOL
Congrats on fixing it
Nice little video, another great tip is a 0.05mm mechanical pencil you just slot it over the bent pin and straighten as necessary.
I accidently bent a few pins one my "backup" motherboard and I used some really small needles to bend them back, and it worked really great for me, I'd would suggest using needles if you doesn't have any small screwdrivers ;)
Found using a Mechanical Lead Pencil works great as it is almost the same diameter as the pin like a 5mm or 7mm or even a 9mm lead pencil. Especially on AMD pins as they are more 'round' or 'cylindrical' in shape. Also a credit card or something similar is good for aligning a row too.
Can you give me a link of mechanical lead pencil
@@jouunoo9365 better yet I can send you one have many many from my years land surveying and doing drafting work
have a friend that uses those little red tubes that come on WD-40 cans same principle but the pencil to me is more precise
I was able to straighten pins on a CRT monitor cable a few years ago, using needle nose pliers, and also had success!
Bought a mobo for 5 bucks, bent back ~100+ pins and now it works! Woohoooo!
+Imran A. Mughal LGA1151 if anyone cares..
100+ Pins? Nice work man! :)
What Mobo was it?
asus maximus viii
some tips:
take a small flat head eyeglasses screwdriver and "sharpen" it on sandpaper (do not make a point but rather a sharp flat head
use a led headlamp (can be bought from china for $3) in addition to excellent light in the room (just do it at 11am on a Saturday)
use a sewing needle in addition to the flat head mentioned earlier (this, surprisingly, is *not* as useful as the screw driver
take multiple breaks (do only a small portion of pins in one sitting)
give your eyes time to relax
do it throughout a full day, do not rush
THANKS!! I'm going to make a tool for the job! prep is key for this job!! @@im19922000
@@hardergamer Any update?
oh my god I just realized this is the guy that makes cool stuff now
this video gives me some hope :) thanks
Thanks for the video. I used your video to fix my lga1151 bent pins. And I totally relate to your reaction hahha
I've done this in the past and it worked as well. : )
Just want to say thank you for saving me £175!!
I just got a sabertooth z77 arrive from the US to here in London today the seller forgot to tell me 3-4 pins were bent it boots fine with one stick of memory but no more than that so i guess these pins are important ! Thanks for the video i'm gonna try fix them with my shaky hands and crap eyesight wish me luck :)
My friend gave me a brand new Sabertooth Z87 that he had dropped the CPU onto. 5 minutes and a needle made it good as new, especially since he had never actually... used it. So now that's what I have in my computer, along with the 4670k and 16GB of 2400MHz RAM, both overclocked.
Nice outcome! Don't tell your friend though, haha.
DIY Perks
Actually he was sitting with me when I got it working, though he still didn't charge me, as he was able to RMA it, and get another for free. For some reason, they also sent back the original one. Gotta love that 5 year warranty Asus puts on the TUF series boards. Still has all the great overclocking features of the ROG series boards also, so I was able to overclock to 4.6GHz stable on the 4670k!
World Known hahahha nice :D
Man that is shit get destroyed by my 1080 ti
Fun story - My friend upgraded his computer to an LGA 1151-based CPU from 1150 which meant he upgraded the RAM, Motherboard, and CPU. A few weeks ago I lent him a PSU and he couldn't find it so he had me come over and we both looked for it. He went through all of his old things and just gave them to me since he'll never use those parts again. Now, I have much more than the stuff he gave me, which was 4 sets of 8GB DDR3 RAM, an i5-4670k, and an MSI H81M-E33 motherboard.
Thank you so much, when i took out my new motherboard I think I accidentally bent a pin on the back so thank you so much for showing that I might be able to if it
Yea !!!! So happy 2 !! it happens to me 2 ! As always like this and all your vids ! Genio kid !! Cheers man !!!
You could have looked up on the CPU or socket spec what those pins are.
If they're not high speed signals especially if they're power or ground signals then you should be fine with just bending them back in place.
On the other hand if they're high speed signals like DDR, you may need to run them at slower apeed (reduced DDR frequency for instance) because the line characteristics changes when you bendback the socket contact pins (changes in capacitance and/or inductance will degrade signal quality compared to other interface signals on other (unbent) pins). But you may also be lucky and bend them back nicely :)
In any case well done.
God job!! sir, I did it once the same way you did and results just fine I feel just lucky, And I learned my lesson
Good job as always, thanks a lot for sharing
You were so happy with fixing a 50 euro motherboard. Imagine how i felt after fixing my ROG VIII hero which i didn't even get to use yet :P
Thanks bro, this was a real help
Just really like your video's. Keep up the good work:)
THAAAAANKS you saved my Motherboard !
Good job! Now I know I can do that! I wish I watched this video one year ago because I found a computer with bent pins and threw it away! :-(
man that sucks :-(
TheSupercat91/Justop2013 Yea I know!
I did the same thing :((
Thanks man! Hopefully it still works
thanks bro. this may come in handy...
Many thanks. you just saved me alot of money. thank you!!!
I have done this before on the old 775 Intel Motherboards so I personally know it can be done and does work as long as he states "Take your time putting them back"
I bent quite a few pins straightened most of them and somehow it still works 😃
I found the best tool was a fresh X-acto blade. I used just the very tip of it. Worked quite well :)
Needle tip tweezers work REALLY well for this.
as an AMD fanboy, i bent my APU pins. tryed to bend them back, one broke off resolderd it to the APU and it works!!!
It's the AMD A10 5800K
fanboyism is not a good thing m8, but the a10 is
you forgot to add the link to the 100W light build... :P
also, for bending small pins, maybe try using a small hollow tube instead of a screwdriver - maybe the red tube that comes with WD40, or the inside of a biro would work, and would fit over the pins, allowing you to grip them more easily
5:25 ...last time i was happy like that was when my father fixed an old C64 i had stolen from the neighbours bulk waste back in 1986 :D
DIY Perks Forgot the link for the LED Panel video. I would really like to see it and I looked around your channel but I couldn't find it.
I just had one pin bent but it was twisted not just bent laterally. It was insanely hard to untwist it without risking breaking it off. I just ended up Bending it upward such that It looked worse off but it at least now made contact... And the system seems to be working. As long as I never touch it again, it might last a good while lol.
I just did this today on a 1 month old mobo of mine. I have to complete pcs but only one cpu so i have to take it out and in two sockets all the time. Today i misplaced it and bent some pins, but i bent them back and commenting from this pc now!!!
Old video but nevertheless great to see your success. Just about to try this on about ten pins. Yikes!!!
I have a set of mechanical pencils of different lead diameters that I keep empty. When faced with bent pens I choose the pencil with the closest match to the pin size. then slide the lead barrel down over the bent pen then bend it back in place slowly.
I'm sure others have said it already, but I just use an empty mechanical pencil. The empty tip slides right over bent pins like a sleeve, and allows you to stand them up again. the finer the lead size, the better the fit.
Great Work Man!
I done this a few times with needles and tweezers and a good magnifying glass anything can almost be done with some patience :)
.05 mechanical pencils are the best for pins because they fit around the pin and then you have full control and leverage
Yes, I started using mech pencils in 2003 (when even new cpus were guaranteed to come with bent pins). Couple of warnings though: 1. don't use mech pencils with metal tips - these will damage the gold plating on pins. I prefer BIC pencils. 2. Remove the leads before starting and clean the pencil with compressed air (essential part of any DIY/Modders toolkit). The graphite dust inside the pencil can easily bridge the gap between adjacent pins and short them together :(
where is the link for the 100w light panel???
You have a perfect accent an British look. What i mean is anyone would either hear or see you would know that you're British :P
omg i felt like was alike mi motherboard man nice video i felt relieved too xD!!!
keep up the great work
did this with my cpu, worked great after. just need to be carefull, dont rush or it'll snap. :)
Why are you not using an ANTI-STATIC Wrist band for these electronic components? As they are very sensitive.
Any way thanks for sharing. Very useful one.
Just fixed my LGA socket!
Ivan Garza nice. I just bought a board for £15 as well and gonna fix that one. it's also 1150
Excellent videos!! I just wanted to know where is the LED lamp video??
Reaction @ 5:25; realizing you just repaired a junk £15 motherboard - priceless!
its a pretty good motherboard for its time... a ton of features crammed into mitx a steal for that price even now.
I've used a mechanical pencil with a metal sheath to insert over the bent pens and use also a thin metal ruler to slide between the rows ..
"prrrcishun... precision screwdrivers"
-DIY Perks 2013
Thanks a lot mate. I had almost killed my z77 board
Nice tip and video. Asus have adviced that you should use a toothpick but your method looks better. I not 100% sure but I dont think that the cpu would fry it would not boot.
I've had this happen on my old mobo... I miss the CPUs back in the 90s that had pins on the cpu instead of MOBO. They were a lot stiffer and no where near as easy to bend as the modern mobo cpu socket pins.
Adam Olympia The AMD CPUs still have the pins on the CPU!
***** However unlike the pins from the 90's which were more thicker/rigid (AMD K5, K6, K6/2, K6/3, Athlon, Athlon XP, Intel Pentium 1, 2 & 3, Pentium 4 Socket 423 and 478, excluding Intel Slot 1 & 2, and AMD Slot A, unless you used a "Slotket" adapter for Socket 370 CPU's on a Slot 1 board, etc), the AMD pins, at least since the early Socket 940/939 and newer, are very fragile and easily bent, not as much as Intel LGA sockets pins, but just as easily bent or damaged taking the CPU out of the socket, or gently bumped. (Been building my own since 1998, started with a used Pentium 120MHz, and have had most consumer sockets since, excluding some server platforms, Intel, Cyrix, AMD for a LONG time, and then back to Intel in 2006/2007 with Core 2 Duo, had a couple secondary AMD's after that though, but not exclusively since the first AMD Athlon 64 X2 on Socket 939)
Older Intel and AMD sockets from before that, were much easier to fix, mechanical pencil or ball point pen with ink part removed, was all one needed (anyone from back then still remember the old Athlon XP Unlock Pencil Trick? As well as the good old days of Overclocking using Jumpers and dip switches? LOL).
But I have bent both AMD Socket 939/AM2 pin CPU's just removing the CPU from socket, in one case the thermal paste would not let go of the Heatsink, pulled heatsink off, and entire CPU pulled out of the secured socket still attached to heatsink.
But I have bent Intel LGA pins before, in fact the only time with Intel was recently with my EVGA Z87 Stinger board, trying to package it up to RMA, and put those annoying plastic socket protectors on, forgot whether it went on top or under the latch, and ended up bending half dozen pins, thus voiding my warranty on it, all for a defective RAM/DIMM slot.
I did this type of fix on an old amd athlon x4 cpu with 4 bent pins...the pins on an amd processor are alot easier to work with after looking at this ...as the pins are straight up and down ...the intel sockets have almost hook like pins in a sence..they dont actually hook on to anything just how they are shaped. What help me bend the pins back and line up the rows on the cpu along with this method was using an old credit card once I had bent the pins as straight as I could to straightin the pins back in line with the rest of the pins.
God bless you.
Yay, today it is 17th of december 2015, exactly 2 years since this video was uploaded.
the clock ticking in the background is driving me crazy, lol
Lol, are you still with us?
@@2sh. yes 9 years later I am still watching diy perks, glad to see how far this channel has come
I so have to do this now, I was just swapping out a cpu you to test if it was working and now I think I have two boards with bent pins - I'll let you know how I get on lol....
The CPU socket is definitely the weakest part of the MB. I tried to bend back one bent pin and it broke off... I bent the pin while trying to place the socket cover back on (an ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe MB). I highly recommend throwing away the socket cover as soon as you open a new ASUS motherboard!!! That was an expense lesson.
thank you.
thanks for the video i have the same problem but how did you get the thermal paste off ??