How to fix bent CPU pins
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- AMD CPUs are notorious for folks accidentally damaging pins... so in this episode I decided to show you how to repair this common issue!
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I know that's it's painful to watch someone intentionally cause harm to a component, especially if it's a part that you desire however rather than getting triggered try to realize that these videos are designed to help give confidence to viewers to try and repair their own devices. The CPU still worked afterward and it's pain potentially helps countless people in the future to try and salvage their bent AMD CPUs. You should expect more videos like this, but I won't apologize if that bothers you. That's on you, not me.
indeed
Kids in Africa could have eaten that CPU!
Jay this is 'merica where sensitivity is rampant...
My 8350 is missing a pin, I scrapped one off another AMD proc, dropped in the socket and made work. At the time it was still very expensive, never underestimate the value of repair. I got a at the time 200 ish dollar proc for 5 bucks in scrap at local shop.
JayzTwoCents Will gladly take that missing pin, 3 legged cow off your hands sir lol. As long as its milkin its all good. Great vid by the way. Glad the cpu still worked after that.
This video is gunna be demonetized for promoting CPU violence.
It's abused you know
it's extreme cpu violence my pc need's therapy also nee'd a safe space lolz
reallly
+Carl Kitchen. #CPULivesMatter
LOL
I was building my younger brother's pc last night and I accidentally dropped his Ryzen 5 1600 and bent about 14 pins, this video saved me and I've just completed my first fully functional build!
Did you have to have install windows from an install disk? How does it work? I'm about to build one but have no idea lol
youlittlerocket I downloaded the windows install media creator tool from Microsoft‘a website for free, created a boot drive using a USB stick and installed windows from there. You can activate windows with a code you buy from there, or you can just use it for free without the option to change your desktop background
@@memoryfoam2285 lovely, cheers 👍
@@MoAliRiyaz sorry for the late reply, I managed to undo it with a Stanley or Exact-O knife blade and a magnifying glass to see the pins. Just use the blade to bend the pins roughly into shape, then run it between the rows of pins to get them straight.
@@MoAliRiyaz id love to help but I don't feel like I should accept responsibility for your CPU because I can't afford to replace it if I botch it, sorry man.
Holy I almost had panic attack when mines bent during shipping this actually worked THANK god
Nice!! I would have freaked out too man but good job fixing them pins!
I know the feeling. I bent some pins on my 3900x while taking out my cooler from the CPU. The darn thing was glued too well with the cooler. Managed to get all pins aligned and my rig still booted. I'm just scared now if problems will still eventually manifest from messing up the pins in the first place.
@@Franz4939 exact same thing happened to me. Cpu was glued to the cooler because of the thermal paste.
@@veezi_ same I'm trying to fix my cpu rn🤞🤞. Hopefully it works. Luckily none broke off when I took of my cooler
Same thing happened to me, the box was very bonked when I unboxed it (thanks postal service), and the pins on the cpu were bent, not that much but enough to prevent it from entering the socket... At least was one pin 🥲
>drops ryzen cpu 3 times
>nothing
>slight breeze on an intel socket
>RMA
lmao true
Word 2 my fucking mother bro
Yeah cpu's aren't made to be dropped
Lex1S woooosh
@@capito4585 amm, its not a joke. I guess r/Whooosh to you?
Linus drop tips
Jayz drop tips
Simpsons did... err Linus.
Ya beat me to it, good show XD
Armyden7619 JayZ bent Tips
Unexpected Sensation JayzTwoBends *
You’re a lifesaver, not only for teaching me how to do this, but giving me the confidence that I wasn’t screwed. Thank you so much
NAWH FR I THOUGHT I FUCKED UP
Did it work Out?
what did,you do
@@RichyRich2607 yea my pc is fully functional
@@natejolly1408Thats awesome!
Just wanted to say - this video saved my ass. I was in a deep depression hole thinking i'd messed up my 5800x; and I was allready in my head planning what I would have to sell to try and replace it. Watched this video and decided to give it a go. The relief when it actually worked was out of this world. Thanks Jay!!
I am in that kind of depression right now and managed to break one tiny little pin. Also cant get the other ones straight enough as of now so not even sure if it will work or not. If not, saving up several months to buy the processor (yes months, I am sadly living on a very low budget) was a whole waste. I really hope I can fix it AND it will work, otherwise I'm most definetly gonna cry man.
Just happened to me when moving countries.. I put the cpu the other way in the plastic thingy (5800x) 😓. All corners are bent, we’ll see if I get it working ;(
@@hatdoggo8824 i sent it to someone I found on the internet and he only wanted 10 bucks for it. Works perfectly fine now! Theres always hope yo
went through that same thing legit 10mins ago, did what he did in the video and holy shit it worked, so happy right now
@@KamiSama69421 hahaha its the best feeling
When you said Razer blade I was looking away and at first thought you were talking about that laptop haha
Konstantin Demenko the company is called razer
was about to comment that lol
There is also a ghetto workaround for broken pins. In my previous PC I had an FX-8350 and once while installing it into the socket I sneezed and smashed the CPU really hard. I broke off about 10 pins and bent a lot of them. I straightened them, but the CPU didn't post. So I found matching "''holes' in the socket and inserted short pieces of copper wire into these holes, so that they would replace broken pins. The CPU worked absolutely fine. Actually my brother has this PC now, and the CPU has been working like this under heavy overclock (5 GHZ) for 3 years or more and still keeps chugging along. So, you can try this method if you are desperate.
Thought about that, why not replace the pins on the CPU. Either by putting them into the socket, or by using a substitute.
I would not do this modification under any circumstances for fear of the Socket catching fire if it shorts due to bad contact between the CPU and the various sized pieces of copper you have put into the Socket. It's totally different than just straightening the standard pins. If you broke off that many pins you should just concede a dead CPU and certainly not give said PC to anyone else.
Nuclearcx How would it short if it’s isolated from any other conductor?
Nice totally hacked it
i have a fx 8350 with the exact same problem, but i'm using my only am3+ mobo with a fx 8350 without any broken pins cause i'm cheap as fuck and i was thinking of doing something similar when i managed to get another mobo. glad to know it works!
2 years later and this video just saved me. I was using extra fine point tweezers and couldn't see well enough what the problem was but dammit if that CPU kept not fitting on one side and mocking me. Jay to the rescue! Grabbed a razor blade and went back and forth a few times and BOOM. Seated PERFECTLY! THANK YOU!
3 years later and this video just saved me as well. 5900x showed up with bent pins in the middle and side.. razer blade technique worked like a charm! Thanks!
Thank you for making this video! It helped me recover from a nightmare scenario. The razor blade technique and gently feeling for resistance were key.
My blood pressure has lowered and my enthusiasm for the build has been restored.
Linus would be proud. Quality drops!
Jay is gonna get arrested for hardware abuse
dont. Just dont.
how about TechRax
yep, for AMDomestic violence
demonetized*
cps (CPU Protection Services) will be knocking on his door.
Three years later, still helpful! Thank you so much, sir!
Bent my R5 3400G pins when removing my stock cooler while the CPU was cold. The whole CPU got dislodged out of the (locked!) AM4 socket with the cooler!
Freaked my ass out, then watched this video and it saved my 3400G! THANK YOU
I despaired when I accidentally bent the pins on my CPU during installation. I nearly bought a new unit, then I found your video and figured I ha nothing to lose. This method worked perfectly! Thank you for posting content like this for novice builders like myself.
A mechanical pencil is actually great for this sort of thing as well. Thread the pin into the tip, bend it back carefully.
Thats a really solid idea. I'm assuming you'd have to match the size of the pencil as closely as possible? Wouldn't work for LGA since the tops of the pins are angled (I commented on another comment here about how I had to fix some LGA pins once and I did it in a similar way as Jay did here using a tiny screwdriver instead of a razor), but this is a really solid idea I'll remember in the future if I ever have an issue with on chip pins.
In my mind its easier to bend LGA pins than it is with on chip pins, as most people (myself included) hold CPUs with on chip pins in the most careful way possible. But once you take that socket cover off anything could happen, a dropped screw, your build station gets bumped as you're about to put the CPU in and something gets bumped, or even the socket cover itself bending a few when you take it off (not even talking about from factory issues).
Again though this is a really solid idea I'd use in conjuncture with the razor blade method shown here. Use the razor to line them up as best I could and then use the mechanical pencil to straighten out the ones that are really bad and need a bit more shifting before you can put it in the socket to straighten them back out 100%.
The amount of times I've used them over the years. It was great for early PGA , but the density, thinner and shorter pins these days makes it a little more fraught.
the only problem is that pencil lead is conductive so if part of the pencil breaks off you could have issues
Derek a mechanical pencil has removable graphite rods, there shouldn’t be any in it when you do it
My first thought would be to use a hypodermic needle with the tip cut/sanded off. I used to do gun barrels for scale models from these, too :)
I dropped my AMD FX-8370 on the ground and got thermal paste on the pins! The pins bent on impact and I re adjusted them. I got the thermal paste off using a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol. This video has really brought back some flashbacks for me, Jay!
Macie Jay that’s a scary moment.
Why was there thermal paste on the ground? o_O
Not thermal paste...
Forgot to mention I got thermal paste on my hands and my handling the CPU somehow got it on the pins :/ sorry
Macie Jay if that happend to me i would bend it back like a real man with my nail.
I just had this happen as i was transferring my computer to a new case. After i did i noticed in this case i could rotate the prisim cooler to make it look nicer and when i did tried to remove the cooler from the processor, the processor came with it was stuck hard to the thermal paste and bent some pins when it yanked out. You saved me so much money, time, and heartache. Thank you.
what I respect Jay for the most is that he will sacrifice his own things to benefit others, in this case it was hundreds of bucks or a very demanding CPU, to make sure that his viewers had the knowledge of how to salvage and save themselves money.
Love the vids, keep it up!
Its JayzTwoCents here *THANKS FOR BENDING BACK WITH US*
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Just an FYI if you do break off a pin you can find where it goes in the socket and drop it in it's spot then drop the CPU on top and it will still work. Linus did that with a Phenom II 720 in an old NCIX video and I did it with an old Phenom II 550, with 3 missing pins, which still unlocked to a quad core after all it had been through I might add.
You can even use a piece of copper wire if you don't have the pins available which is what I did as I bought my CPU with the pins already broken and lost.
Craig MacDaniel
Not recommended.
I have an old Foxconn board with 1 broken pin, that was actually ground and that caused a trace from one of the DIMMs to burn.
Now it has 2GB max memory.
Board? Meaning pins are in an LGA socket? Then yes, don't be sticking wires in an LGA socket. And if you're doing the copper wire method in a PGA socket make sure you're wire isn't too long that it bends over and touches an adjacent pin. When you bend that arm over the CPU does move a tiny bit.
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This video says otherwise. Although I can't guarantee it will work if it's a pin that supplies power or ground. But data pins work just fine.
This is less reliable than baking a dead graphics card. It might work if you get lucky, but it comes down to whether the pin that broke off still manages to make contact with its appropriate spot on the CPU, and only its appropriate spot. Both the broken off pin and the stub that's left on the CPU need to be straight, which might be harder to accomplish than it was before it broke off.
If you cut a piece of copper wire too long, causing it to bend and reach over to another pin, you risk wrecking both your motherboard and CPU. Again it might work, but only as a last resort. If you have access to a soldering iron or know someone who can use one you're better off soldering the new "pin" onto the CPU rather than simply dropping it in the socket.
Happened to me back when Newegg was just starting. Got an AMD 450 MHz socket 7 processor that was damaged in shipping and Newegg refused to do anything. Had the charge reversed and decided to see if I could do the wire trick with the missing pin since it wasn’t working. Started with too small of a pin and worked up in length when I finally had the right one I made one just a little longer to maintain tension.
Still relevant and useful; my son is building his first gaming rig and we bought an used CPU off eBay. Pins were bent when they packed it in the plastic packaging; we used this method to get it back in ship shape. Thanks very much for saving us from a huge (and expensive) headache!
@JayzTwoCents As a Computer enthusiast and repair/refurbish guy myself. I find joy and satisfaction watching your Videos, I often watch a handful of "computer" guys but I have to admit your channel is not only resourceful and educational to all levels and experiences but simplified with immense quality.
I got so amd when he dropped the cpu
Was that intentional?
Skedge nice auto correct😂☠️
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@@Skedge cup.
@@Skedge whoosh
"I'm gonna rotate it 180"
**spins it by 90 degrees**
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I did something stupid and totally smashed in a bunch of my pins on my FX 8350. I started shopping for a replacement CPU, but then checked youtube and found this video. It took me about 35 minutes of patience, but I got the pins mostly straight and popped it into the motherboard to work it a little, before pushing the cpu all the way in. I am now ecstatically back on my rig. Thank you for taking the time to make this video!
Thank you sir, I managed to repair my Ryzen 1800X using your advice.
Nice!
I managed to repair my 3700x god i was so stressed but i managed to straighten them. also do u have any idea if because i repaired the bent pins will it affect performance or will it run normally
@Hitman gAmer yeah it started after i fixed the pins
@Hitman gAmer no problem, be careful and fix dem pins
AndreiPNK I don’t know if anyone’s answered your question but to my knowledge. It’s either gonna work as it should or not work at all. Hope all is good brother!
Next How to vid: How to solder a broken CPU pin back on easily
I used a bank card to fix the pins.
xGarbett a razorblade is smaller than the distance between the pins, plastic cards often work better
Rado the problem is that those card can be very not straight, I used a spare blade for an utility knife when doing this kind of repair a decade ago
Mine got fixed with an old credit card, and it was a tight fit between the rows, why I rec shaving some of the plastic on one corner and gently working it between the rows of pins. I got a good deal on a 1700 but the genius sent it in a intel clamshell.
Probably a better tool to use for this fix than the razor blade as there is less chance of scratching the PCB
i used tweezers that came with a vape kit.........
My ryzen 9 5900 pins were bent, but thanks to your guide and a scalpel, it works smooth now. I nearly ordered a casket because I was so close to dying due to this catastrophic failure of mine.
This worked for me. I was so scared I broke my 3800x almost cried. Then I remembered this video.
Thank god, i can only imagine the stress if i dropped my 5900x and bent the pins 😫
I did cry.
Almost cried? I would have had a heart attack 😂
@JayzTwoCents This video just saved my Ryzen 7, my 6 year old I5 streaming PC burned out and I'm building the new rig with a Ryzen 1800x...but it somehow had 3 bent pins in the middle when I took it out of the tray, and so I did a search and found this vid. Can't thank you enough good sir, you just turned a nightmare into an awesome day. :)
And whats happenjng when you broke pkns? It dont work or work worse?
@@greenray3174 None of the pins broke, I was able to bend the pins back and install the Ryzen 1800x in my motherboard. The 1800x is still working in my "new" system 11 months later, I use it for gaming/streaming and everyday use. :)
RepublicOfAwesome Will I be able to get away with 1 bent pin?
gonna have to do this with a 3700x. Installed the aio we bought, the cpu popped out of the socket trying to get the damn arms locked into place installing the cooler and bent three pins on the edge of the cpu. absolute nightmare when the damn system wont boot.
@@Owowkiller did you fix it?
"Well, the pin has gone off to a better place"
I snorted out loud and woke up my wife. Thanks. I guess.
Don't snort in the bedroom, the stuff is difficult to clean up.
*I snorted out loud* That's what daavo thuh crakhead said
This video is 4 years old and just saved me! JAY I have always loved the content and appreciate the help.
You're a life saver! I'm working on my new build and got a new motherboard, and a new Ryzen 9 5900x. The computer wouldn't start at all, fans wouldn't turn on, and only the lights on the motherboard would turn on. I found two bent pins on the CPU and was able to bend them back thanks to your video. Now, it turns on with no issues!
How to bent fixed CPU pins
Lmao
Wtf lol
Flagged and demonetized for murder and Gore.
Estonian Defence League is fine with it. They are running ads here. (for comparison, a organization very much like in the US you have National Guard)
Managed to rescue my 3900x following your tips which given the current covid situation was going to be a killer. A massive thank you as someone who has been following your channel in the background for years. Please keep up the awesome videos.
@JayzTwoCents, Thank you. I shopped around many computer repair stores in my area, no one wanted to touch it, they all just wanted to sell me a new one. Was able to save my 3800XT and use it in my Son's PC.
the pins on the CPUs are surprisingly strong. the first time I took apart my computer the Athlon 2 X2 215 came off with the cooler without me realizing it and it put the entire weight of the cooler on the CPU and not one pin bent. when I realized what happened I was super impressed with the little pins holding that much aluminium.
Zecrid Weight distribution. It's like lying on a bed of nails.
All about surface area.
Elijah Burleson Lying on a bed of nails is still not great and perfect weight distribution is hard to achieve, especially while putting it down on a table.
Instructions not clear! Got razor blade caught in my foreskin. Now I'm officially Team-RED.
wow you literally gave me faith that i could drop kick a cpu and save it. I felt sick to my stomach seeing that mine had 1 bent pin and you helped me fix it ty!!
Been watching a bunch of your older videos - great stuff and much appreciated
For just 25 cents a day, you can help save CPUs that have been abused.
What about two cents?
coolpumas1000000 correction 2¢ per day
RAZER blades? Or RAZOR blades?
Flower Pot thats his accent moron
+Flower Pot. Razor.
Stew he doesn’t have an accent moron
rgb lit razer blades
PuLsE Static everyone has an accent moron
This video saved me. Accidentally took off the CPU when taking off the fan and ended up with bent pins. Followed the guidance here and managed to get the CPU back into the slot and the PC back up. Many thanks !
Thank you so much, Jay. I repacked my CPU the wrong way around and bent a bunch of the pins on my new ryzen processor. I was devastated and my friend suggested this video to me. Got it straightened out after an hour of light touching up. Thank you!
Him damaging the CPU hurt my soul lol
Same. XD
No stress test ? I thought you would have to check stability.
Repth Stress tests will not change anything. It might have been a power delivery pin that the CPU didnt necessarily need and hamper stability a tiny bit, but there is nothing noticable. With AMDs plan of supporting Zen+ and Zen2 on the same socket, there should be a lot of dummy pins and those are ideally placed around the corners/edges for obvious reasons.
Jay you are the man... Just picked up a 1700x and fixed the bent pins exactly as you showed. Thanks a million.
Thank you. I used your tips today to fix the CPU for my brother's New PC. It was packaged poorly and arrived with dozens of bent pins. Remembered this video and was able to save the day!
I almost cried when 3:18 started, had to fight with the Tears.
I cringed. I actually cringed.
Thank you so much Jay. I barely bent two pins and freaked out, this vid saved my heart from a trip to the ER !
This video actually helped me quite a bit. My new CPU had a few bent pins and I managed to fix them perfectly.
This video just saved my last build I did a few days ago. I dropped my ryzen cpu while it was still in the plastic case and ended up bending a few pins. I remembered watching this video so I got a clean razer blade and bent them back into place and it works flawlessly. Thank you so much lol
I just bent mine :/
I had a minor heart attack when you dropped that cpu :(
The worst thing I've ever done with a CPU that was brand new was accidentally use thermal adhesive instead of thermal grease. Ripped the lid off the CPU pulling the heatsink off. Split the die in half.
Soldering a pin is not that bad you just need practice and a steady hand.
Haha dang. That's brutal
Dang, that sucks! Should have cut down the middle with a long razor.
Hey man, my pins were seriously bent, And I thought for sure I will need to get a new CPU, but this video saved me several hundred dollars, with only a few hours of tweaking.
Thanks Jay, much appreciated.
This video just saved my 1700X! I wasn't able to find razor blade like yours, but the last three segments of my box knife worked wonders! Fixed ~12 bent pins with it!
Hey, thank you so much for the guide.
I just bought parts for my first PC ever and I decided to build it my self.
But when I open the cpu plastic case, it shook too much and when I drop my cpu to the mobo, it wont fit.
I almost cried and so panic, my hands totally trembling, don't know what to do.
I search on TH-cam and found this video, don't have razor so I just use kitchen knife.
I fixed the broken pin and now I can continue build my PC.
I'm totally feeling grateful.
Thank you!
Does your cpu work?
@@phantomlegend6167 yes, it's working perfectly since then. Just becareful to handle the pin like you handle your most loved person.
Jay always breaking stuff as usual!
King Christo I think you mistook him for linus lol
No Linus drops stuff, Jay breaks stuff.
this isn't linius you have been mistaken
Can't thank you enough for this video! Thought I completely ruined my friends' brand new cpu and the feeling of stress was overwhelming. Your video helped me so much in calmimg down and just fixing it. It worked! So happy. Thanks again.
This saved me from having to buy a new CPU! I thought mine was pretty bad, but after watching you fix this mess I knew I could make mine work. Thanks!
I feel like you saved my life, I hope you will experience the same feeling you gave me when I fixed, put my cpu in the socket, prayed and start the pc.
Thank you very much.
The fact i dropped this from my 4.5 FT dresser and it landed on the front meaning the pins were saved is the most lucky moment of my life
You helped me repair my AMD ryzen 7 1700. Your video was essential. I wouldn't have thought to use a blade in order to even out the pins nor would I have thought to use the motherboard cpu socket to even out the rest of the pins. Thank you so much for this video.
Thank you Jayz TwoCents... I used your method to repair my i3 processor pin in my SONY VAIO VPCE34EN laptop...While removing heat sink from CPU without unlocking,as thermal grease sticks firmly with the processor, my processor came out from the socket with pins bent...Fortunately i came across your video and got my problem fixed...Thank you once again
Brother, you are a life saver my man
I managed to do it with a card and a knife!!! I am extremely proud that I saved my CPU, I had 3 separated lines of pins that were bent.... All in different ways. It took me 3 hours but my PC now works. At first I started to rage in the first 15 minutes. But then I was the most focused probably in my life and did the impossible !!!!
I echo other people here when I say that you gave me the confidence to fix my cpu. Just bought a Ryzen 7 3800x CPU and on install I messed up the heat sink install and bent a few pins. the computer would not boot with more than 1 stick of ram. I took apart the computer and found that some of the CPU pins were bent. Honestly, I thought that I had just wasted $300 but then I found your video where you showed a good process and I fixed it and my rig now works again. Thanks!
Thanks Jay . I kinda crapped on your low cost methods until this morning when I had 3 to 5 bent pins on 5800x . I freaked out but after 2 hours of attempting my way , I searched for solutions and watched your video . It took me 3 attemps. Work really well . Thanks
The coldness you feel in your soul when he first dropped that cpu and then bent the pins with a pen...
Know I'm late but I bought my wife a Ryzen 5 3600 off eBay used a year or so ago. It was missing a pin entirely because of what he said about the packaging not being done correctly.
The system would not boot because of that missing pin. Thankfully it was still in the packaging. I just figured out where the pin would go in relation to the CPU and the motherboard socket. I dropped it into the CPU socket on the motherboard in the right pin connector hole and voila, perfectly running Ryzen system.
Cheers, Jay. I used this method to fix a Ryzen 3 2200G with bent pins and it worked a treat.
Thank you! Our 5800X3D got stuck to its cooler. When we went to remove it to replace the cooler, it got stuck and broke free from the motherboard's grasp. Sadly this bent pins, which gave my father loads of anxiety. Your trick truly saved the day!
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That drop montage was painful.
This video is HUGE. Saved my CPU, solid advice and worked on mine.
Dude you are a life saver I spent over a half hour trying to straighten a couple pins. Thank man!
I wonder if a mechanical pencil with no lead in it coupled with your razor blade method woulf yeild good results? Solid video Jay.
John Totten I've personally used the mechanical pencil method in the past, though the pin density of a Pentium 120 is very different from a Ryzen CPU. You need one with a narrow hosel (where the lead comes out) and collar (piece the hosel protrudes from) so as to not interfere with the other pins.
10:37 - It looks like a pin broke off in the socket.
Hi Jay; I damaged a few pins on my 3700X today while upgrading my CPU cooler (the paste on my old Wrath Prism was so caked on, and the mounting mechanism is so janky, that it pulled the CPU right out of the socket as I tried to undo the bracket). I was able to get the pins mostly straight on my own but not enough to fit into the socket. I thought I was going to have to blow almost $300 on a new one but decided first to try to find a video on how to repair it. Your razer blade technique was able to get everything lined up enough to go back into the socket, and everything now works just as good as new - better actually, with the new cooler! Thanks so much for the extremely useful content.
Your technique saved me and I was able to recover my CPU! Many thanks Jay!
Linus would be proud
Fuck linus
XD
Jay, you can add me to the list of people saved by this video. My wife would have murdered me.
I blame those damn retention bracket coolers for bent pins in the first place.
Thank you Jay! You are a legend for creating this video! Saved me a couple hundred bucks!
Dude, you saved me! I bought a used Ryzen 7 off some guy on OfferUp nad noticed it had two bent pins when it wouldn't seat properly. I thought I was screwed but you came to the rescue. Thank you.
Thank you past Jay for this! I really cannot thank you enough! I had already made "peace" with the thought that I lost a brand new Ryzen 5900x. The feeling when I saw the pc boot is unexplicable!
I JUST WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING BRO! HE SAVED ME 400 BUCKAROOS 😩
@@ELSTINKO. yes! This video has saved people thousands or probably millions of dollars considering the views count
A great CPU design would include having extra pins on the outer edge of the CPU, as they are the ones that are most likely to be bent.
I don't think the extra cost is justified even if it's like 10 cents per unit across the millions of CPUs it adds up
I was troubleshooting my computer for days and finally narrowed it down to it had to be the CPU. sure enough two pens were broken and I used your technique to straighten them out and my computer started to turn on again. thank you so so so so much
You are a absolute life saver, I recently upgraded the motherboard to X-570 from B-450, and my 3700x after breaking my 2700x bending its pins and one coming off in the socket bent the pins on the 3700x did this method and saved it thank you so damn much Jay
I swear I was already in tears before watching the video😭😭😭
Man me too i just bent my cpu :/
I would rather have a bent CPU pin than a bent socket pin...
Ryan Grobe cpus cost more than motherboards.
PleaseDontWatchThese my motherboard was 250 dollars. I'm not throwing that away if i bend the pins in the socket. I'm fixing it
meh, depends. For me my board typically is even.
Man this saved me! Got shipped with bent pins already, thanks to you I managed to install my CPU
Thanks for the video! I fixed a Ryzen 7 CPU with about 10-12 severely bent pins. Your method with a razor helped me fix something I was pretty convinced was too far gone. In about a hour or so and some good light i was about to straighten the pins and get the CPU to fit back in the socket. That saved me almost $400 on a CPU I couldn’t return. Thanks!
Great job. U earned a 12yr old subscriber that fixed his amd athlon 64 on his own. I appreciate this video
seeing that CPU falling on the table its like the most heartbreaking thing for a PC enthusiast
I was switching out air coolers and my cpu was stuck to it via thermal paste. The pins were bent and I panicked. Watched this and you saved me a cpu purchase. God bless.
Thanks so much for this video! My friend and I built a PC today and accidentally bent the pins. Got it all back together thanks to help from this video.