I dropped my threadripper 1950X on the socket and bent lie 11 pins. I almost started crying. Did exactly this and I got it going again. It was scary seeing a PATCH of bent pins - when the CPU fell the recoil caused it to bounce back and against the angle of the pins. Surprisingly the pins didn't snap when bent back. I spent about an hour and a half perfecting the pins leveling.
I had a gigabyte motherboard that went on power cycle loop 6 months in after I bought. Just as I was preparing it for RMA, and take some pictures of the socket as asked by the manufacturer, I accidentally drop down the CPU or cover lid(don't remember exactly)... I was so upset because this voids warranty... couldn't believe I just lost so much money on a high budget board and fucked up. After I got my shit up... I grabbed a knife and tweezers, and realigned the damaged pin until my photos were perfect. Set it for RMA and guess what? The manufacturer acknowledged my board was defective and I got my money back. I was so happy when I got that e-mail.
@Meme Meme you overestimate how much the technicians care about getting your money for 1 board... Let's put it this way, if you buy something, it's defective, you return it, and later the company who sold it to you "rethinks" and comes back to get your money, would you go back to buy from them again? They can afford to lose a board in order to win a customer, it's called good service
yeah I personally hate that speak loudly presenter bullcrap, on every NA sports event half-time "studio" segment I just want to yell at them that sit down, chill the fuck up and talk like normal people jesus. But I guess it's meant for people who uses pair of potatoes as their headphones and can't hear anything otherwise.
Just make sure there is no graphite in it - graphite is conductive and if small particles fall down across the pins... well... prepare for a lot of smoke once the CPU is placed and the power is ON (worst case scenario) or other non-predictable witchcraft behavior.
I literally watched this and thought to myself man I'm glad I have never had to deal with that problem... on my immediate next build I had to deal with that problem, super happy your video was here, thank you
Bent a pin on my old Z97 motherboard I was putting into a pc for mum... prevented it from loading at all... found this video and it gave me the inspiration to just get in there and fix it... and it worked perfectly first boot up... huge relief... I was convinced it was screwed... thanks heaps :)
Just to clarify: You must be extremely careful when bending the pins. Me and my dad did this successfully tho but the pins are not held tight. EDIT: I'd recommend using your phones camera to get a clearer look on the pins.
Porki, sure dentist tools are better than a knife, but here he shows that it is possible to do with something as simple as a pocket knife. I've worked as a PC tech for far longer than I'll ever admit, and fixing bent pins is unfortunately not an uncommon job. I ended up making a set of tools for things like this. An hour or so making those has saved a lot of time even though they aren't really that advanced, just a number of different size hooks and needles with decent grips allowing for delicate manipulation. The old PGA style processors were much easier to work with. The grid was open and easy to access, and MOST of the time just straightening a pin was a cinch. Before ZIF sockets you might mash a pin almost straight down, making it curl up looking like a golden cinnamon roll, but even these were usually possible to just pull straight out if you were careful. After the transition to ZIF sockets it was only bent pins, but sometimes there were a lot of them. I know some people preferred to use a mechanical pencil of a diameter just large enough that you could slide it over the bent pin and straighten it. I preferred to use the blade from an utility knife. Just take a new blade from the knife and place it between the pins and straighten a whole row at a time. Turn the CPU a quarter and repeat until all rows look uniform.
Omg Linus thank you so much for this guide. I accidentally dropped my CPU whilst cleaning my apartment and bent like 20 pins on my motherboard. Was thinking it's dead. Successfully fixed it after watching your guide. Took me like an hour to fix them. You just saved my life.
This video may be 3 years old at this point, but it is still a life saver. My computer recently started acting up and eventually I was desperate enough to take a look at the CPU. I still have no idea how it happened, but I had a bent pin that was apparently causing random crashes. Linus's method of using a knife worked, and everything is back to normal (plus I don't have to buy a new CPU or motherboard).
I once had to repair an old CPU that I had bent a pin on when i was transferring it to another PC for a friend of mine. Ended up using all sorts of tools, but the debit card was the perfect thickness to fit between the pins and really helped me straighten out the pin after i got it up. It was the most painful procedure i've ever done in my entire life as far as PC's go and i would not wish a bent pin on anyone. Awesome video though guys! Love to see some tips and tricks on this kind of topic
Thanks. Gonna fix mine tmrw. The demonstration of how to mess up your mother bird is exactly what I did. Dropped my cpu right on it and was wondering why it wasn’t working. I’ll be back in the morning to let you know if I was able to bend the 2 of them back
Just a week ago I accidentally ran my finger ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOCKET and bent like, 20 pins SIDEWAYS. I thought that my mobo was done, but with a sewing needle, I fixed the socket. Thank you lord gabe for keeping my hands steady.
Accidentally broke a pin off of my FX-8350 so I took a single wire from inside of an ethernet cable, stripped the shielding off, put it in the socket where the pin was missing and that is the cpu/mobo that I am still using to this day. I'm surprised it worked at all.
It is much easier to work with PGA then LGA,thicker pins and easier to glue or solder broken pins.It was SOP with PGA to do exactly what you did (simple glue/solder copper wire in place of broken pin).
Hey linus, u probably won't see this but I'm super grateful you made this video. I accidently bent my pins by dropping my socket cover on them. I found this video, fixed the bent pins, and now I have dual channel support and the system is more stable. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I also did the same with with an old Pentium 4 processor that I dropped. Was able to bend the pin back with a mechanical pencil, had to hold F1 on the mobo or some other key when it booted up, and then it worked after that. I was so relieved.
of course I find this the day after bending a pin on an lga 1151. Got it to post again after an hour -- god bless you if you're doing the repair right now.
This video is 6 years old and saved my sanity today. I built my first PC today and everything went perfectly, until it wouldn't post and had the DRAM red light. I tried everything easy -- reseating ram, trying one ram then the other, checking cables, resetting CMOS, quickflash BIOS. Nothing worked. I decided to reseat the processor and noticed an irregularity in the pins. Bent pins was mentioned in a Reddit post I happened upon, so it was on my mind. I used my phone to zoom 10x and then zoomed that picture. Sure enough, I could clearly see a pin bent backwards and to the side. I have no idea how it happened, the processor went in so easily and I was so careful. I found this video and Linus "GigaChad" TechTips gave me the insight I needed. I used a needle to bend it back. Took an after picture as well and you can see the pin is now, while still bent, positioned somewhat correctly. Powered on and clenched.... IT BOOTS. I might still try to return the mobo for one that isn't flawed, but let it be known that today I played with fire, and instead of getting burned I cooked.
Had the same yesterday with my 9900k cpu stuck to the aio block and dropped, 1 pin was bend but not that bad. Pc still works fine but tried to bend it better today and still works but my hearth dropped through the ground when it happened xd
He stole the idea from TechYesCity to make this video! He posted the same stuff about 4-12 days ago (people were very interested, and wanted more). Linus script writer just copied it! I know bad English sorry
This brings back memories, when I wasn't being careful when removing or adding, I can't remember... my Phenom II 965 quite a many years ago, I bent like 40 pins, but I successfully fixed all of them. It is such a tedious task fixing those little pins.
Dropping a CPU while installing is unfortunately all to easy. There are tools designed to hold the CPU as you place it in the socket, but in my experience they are clunky, slow and and it's still possible to drop the CPU so most people tend to ignore them even if they've got them.I know I'm guilty of that.
I was checking out some damaged motherboards at a Fry's back in 2012. They had 3 Asus boards that were discounted to something like $15 each. One was a box P67 motherboard and the other 2 were just bare Z68-V boards. I managed to bend the pins back on one of the Z68-V boards, while the other 2 had pins that appeared to have the pin heads burned off of them. I then went to MicroCenter and picked up an i5-2500K for $159. The board worked fine for about 2 years, and just quit working when I moved it to another case.
I bent pins on my CPU before. I was very stressed out but I was able to bend them back with iFixit tweezers. It was very stressful, but fixing the CPU felt very good in the end. I hope you were able to fix your motherboard.
Oh my fu^king god back in 2015 my mate tried to build his own pc and it could never post, I checked every component apart from the motherboard pins even testing every component on my own pc. >.
This has been happening with me for the past 3 weeks where his pc wouldn’t boot we bought a new power supply to fix it we bought new ram we even bought a new i7 and at the last option I was checking everything on his motherboard and noticed one bent pin sure as hell I sent it back to amazon and we’re waiting on the new one arriving haha he thought I was clueless and never knew what I was doing when In the end he had dropped his phone on the pins when he opened it to look without me there and didn’t think to let me know when I arrived hhahahah
Thanks Linus! I recently bought an i5 7500 for my MSI Z270A Pro motherboard and checked to make sure it was compatible. When I took out my old CPU (Pentium G4560) I must’ve dropped it or something because after that, none of my CPU’s worked. I checked the internet but a lot of answers were about BIOS incompatibilities. After inspecting everything myself, I noticed that 2 pins in my socket were broken! I was really worried that I’d have to replace my motherboard but after watching this and fixing those pins with an exacto knife, a huge wave of relieve swept over me. I know this video is a year old but I just wanted to say thank you. Bye!
Thank you Linus, just finished recovering my Asus H170 Pro Gaming, it was dead since I shipped from Jakarta to Mumbai last year. got to technician shop got the simple answer, socket is damaged need to replace the mother board. just than happen to watch your video and whoa... I did manage to recover.. I used my Samsung S8 plus Camera in video mode with full zoom to see the bent pins and used a needle to fiddle around with 2 of them to align. thanks a lot mate... you rock.
First ever pc build I completely mangled the socket. At least 20 pins bent all over. Managed to fix most of them but on the last one I couldn't get it in the right spot, so, stupid me, I kept trying. Broke it off. Tried to boot it up anyway, and praise Linus, it worked. Must have been a redundant pin. Lesson learned
Tweezers and a Mechanical Pencil without lead are what I've always used. Tweezers to bend the pin up, then the mechanical pencil to slide over the pin, adjust placement, and straighten it out.
FFS I am so glad to see this channel put out a video without bullshit in it! Don't get me wrong, I've not stopped watching every video you guys put out but man it was starting to wear on me. This video is a breath of seriously fresh air; LMG is clearly still capable of making high quality entertainment and informative technology centric content without vomiting memes and campy garbage all over it. Please keep the attitude of this video in mind going forward, it's one of the best videos you guys have made in months hands down.
I once got a small amount of old sticky thermal paste into the socket as I removed the cooler. To get it out, I used a Q-tip where I cut off both ends, one diagonally, so it was like a somewhat flexible hollow needle. Then I dipped the needle into alcohol and carefully applied it to the messy area drop by drop using my smartphone cam as a magnifying glass. I scraped out the residue between the pin rows with the tip of the neelde and tilted my case to let the gunk run to the edge and out of the socket. Repeated those steps until everything was clean. Runs just fine to this day.
Who here has been a sub long enough to remember when he accidentally broke the pin on a phenom II cpu and fixed it by stuffing the pin in the am3 socket? I remember that video. I think it was on the NCIX channel though.
For CPUs with pins I use syringe needles to gently lever them back into position. Clip the point off then use a file or sharpening stone to remove burrs. A pointy knife blade will ensure the hole in the end is burr free. A needle that just fits between the rows of pins can be used for mildly bent pins. Slide in at the base of the pins then lift up. If you feel no resistance there's no pins bent toward that gap. If there are, the action of lifting the needle out sideways may straighten them enough to get into the socket. For more severe bends, use a needle that fits closely over the pin and you can gently nudge it straight without any danger to surrounding pins.
This video single handedly solved my problem. Got all new parts, AM5 board, CPU and ram and it couldnt detect my dual channels...tried everything, except checking for a bend pin and there it was...bend it back and everything was fine. 👍
wow, after buy new rams and just break my head i landed here... i not looked into the socket now, but i think, it will be the problem. and i bent cpu pins during i want repair, fuckin cleaned everything and this and fuck i did all but not this. hope it will be this problem and not much pins :D wish me luck
Once again, Linus has saved my whole day. After a bunch of family friends realized "John knows computers!" they've been getting my help on their systems. As a direct result, I recently received my 4th free computer from someone who was upgrading. As such, I decided to use what I had to build my sister a good pc since she's been using her laptop for everything. Long story short, I was salvaging a good cpu cooler from another board when I nudged the open cpu socket on the board I was going to use. I thought it would be fine, it wasn't. No boot. Spinning fans, no display, no bios, nothing. Watching this as a guide, I used multiple flashlights, a magnifying glass, and a sewing needle to realign the two bent pins. Slapped it together, and SUCCESS. Thank you you beautiful nerd. You better hope I never see you in person, or I might try to hug you. Almost all of my experience and knowledge on computers has been a result of LTT being a guide.
I just fixed 2 pins on my LGA1700 socket with the eye of a needle (not the pointy bit). After prying them back in place, I looked away for a second and looked back to raise them a little extra but I could not locate them anymore as they blended in with the rest. - Success!
Linus I've been watching your videos for about a year now. My pc would boot up everything connected everything running fine. But the monitor was showing no signal. When I was about to give up hope, I said to myself I should try this one last thing, I wiped my manly tears and gave it a try and it worked, I don't know how it worked but it did. Because of this everything is all working the way it should be. Thank You so Fricken Much.
I don't remember when I watched this video, but when I did, I hadn't ever come across this problem before. After I watched this video, I've needed to fix 3 separate CPU sockets with bent pins (only 1 of them was mine). I'm glad I had this knowledge in my back pocket! Thanks Linus and crew!
When it happens, it sucks! But either you throw away the motherboard or you try to fix it, you already screwed it. I came here to see some ideas because i was already in the spot and after some trials and error I finally was able to bring it back to life. Thanks Linus for your helpful ideas!
Just fixed 15 pins. Tools place sewing needle in the eraser of a pencil. Buy pointed tweezers and file the tip to a point to manipulate the pins better. I mounted a cheap logitech webcam 1 inch over the LGA socket connected through pc to use as my way to view. Average cost to replace on a few sites was $75.
One day i was browsing X79 boards on EBay and came across a $55 ASRock Extreme3 with a few bent pins and i know how to fix bent pins, so i bought it and fixed them in 15 minutes. The fact that i could resell it for 4 times i bought it for and only because of a few bent pins is awesome. I also like that the seller really didn't care or didn't know how to fix
Lighting, left eye is exposed to direct light while the right is in the shade, thus doesn't need to close as much to protect from the direct light....he could have Palsy where he can control more on one side than the other
I mix in between might be the best then. PGA with a (Intel style) lid that holds the CPU down instead of clambed pins. IMO it depends on the price. The pins should go on the cheapest part.
Well, not the first time holding a CPU, because i was the PC-builder for most people in my class, but first time dissembling a factory-made-pc. They seemed to be using low-grad thermal paste that dried out in 3 years. When we finally managed to take the cooler out, the CPU was glued to the plate and was as such forcefully pulled from the slot. We spend a hole Afternoon carefully correcting the pins with callipers and a knife. But it worked afterward, but was soon swapped for a better CPU. And yes, it was AMD. Old AM2+-Socket. i think it wouldnt be possible with Intel because of the frame holding the CPU down
the 'research' of the second motherboard is one of the most awesome researches I have ever seen. Using your fixed socket as your comparison of what... the same socket...?😱
I have to thank you for this video, 'cause it gave the much needed input to resurrect my MSI z77a-gd65. Bought it second-hand but after mounting the whole system, I got the dreadful 55 error (RAM issue) . Tried almost everything but nothing worked until I stumbled upon a post on a board that led to think the problem lied with the socket. Then I found your clip, watched it and decided to have a go. There were 4 or 5 bent pins in the socket, I levelled them using a thin knife and guess what? Everything's working like a charm. Thanks dude, you did help me with your video
Finally a video with real Tech Tips
CrespoFTW you are so right 😂
*a video ☺
CrespoFTW
a*
I fixed it
666? Praise Satan
ikr lol
Only Linus would accidentally drop something in the process of intentionally dropping it.
I got mindfucked for a second
or me
Yes if you have watched his video's he has chipped a £2,000 CPU, that is not only broken, now is a paperweight, cannot use £2,000 lost forever...
If only his balls dropped
and my dad just fixed one
I dropped my threadripper 1950X on the socket and bent lie 11 pins. I almost started crying. Did exactly this and I got it going again. It was scary seeing a PATCH of bent pins - when the CPU fell the recoil caused it to bounce back and against the angle of the pins. Surprisingly the pins didn't snap when bent back. I spent about an hour and a half perfecting the pins leveling.
Damn, that's hairy... Well done for fixing it
Meanwhile I'm here on my 100$ HP laptop. ;-;
Same here. I've experienced the same horror.
when you try to do something you don't really know how to do but works out in the end anyways
Just bent pins on mine.. the fucking horror man.. fingers crossed
Mechanical pencil with the lead removed works good also, the opening is just the right size to fit the pin inside and bend it back.
I'll give it a try.
Works for the pins in an AMD processor, but not in an LGA type socket.
I just use a .1mm tapered point bit in a screwdriver
Ofc it's hard since I have shaky hands, but it gets the job done
this is so wrong on so many levels 👍🙂
I had a gigabyte motherboard that went on power cycle loop 6 months in after I bought.
Just as I was preparing it for RMA, and take some pictures of the socket as asked by the manufacturer, I accidentally drop down the CPU or cover lid(don't remember exactly)...
I was so upset because this voids warranty... couldn't believe I just lost so much money on a high budget board and fucked up. After I got my shit up... I grabbed a knife and tweezers, and realigned the damaged pin until my photos were perfect. Set it for RMA and guess what?
The manufacturer acknowledged my board was defective and I got my money back. I was so happy when I got that e-mail.
KKK FC well these are multi million dollar companies, them doing this doesn't hurt the company at all, and majorly helps another
KKK FC Going through with it wouldn't be worth it, and there be no proof to sue because everything was "normal"
you're my hero
@Meme Meme you overestimate how much the technicians care about getting your money for 1 board... Let's put it this way, if you buy something, it's defective, you return it, and later the company who sold it to you "rethinks" and comes back to get your money, would you go back to buy from them again? They can afford to lose a board in order to win a customer, it's called good service
Good customer service. Hell yeah
Linus' voice is much nicer to listen to when he is concentrating then the loud bouncy "ad spot" Linus ;)
yeah I personally hate that speak loudly presenter bullcrap, on every NA sports event half-time "studio" segment I just want to yell at them that sit down, chill the fuck up and talk like normal people jesus. But I guess it's meant for people who uses pair of potatoes as their headphones and can't hear anything otherwise.
Well, it's his image on stage, an image of an excited 15-year old boy :)
To each their own!!!
Damn, why the shade lol
BEST TIP - I fixed my asus z170-a using a mechanical pencil. The hole in the tip of the pencil is just perfect for it :)
Ian Manners oh nice one
Just the tip
See that's my problem. I get just the tip in and get too excited and ram it all the way....lol
Just make sure there is no graphite in it - graphite is conductive and if small particles fall down across the pins... well... prepare for a lot of smoke once the CPU is placed and the power is ON (worst case scenario) or other non-predictable witchcraft behavior.
Ian Manners
Wait replace with mech pencil tip?Why does it work?
I literally watched this and thought to myself man I'm glad I have never had to deal with that problem... on my immediate next build I had to deal with that problem, super happy your video was here, thank you
Same, "glad I'm careful enough to not make a mistake like that", bends pins 10 seconds after that thought.
Bent a pin on my old Z97 motherboard I was putting into a pc for mum... prevented it from loading at all... found this video and it gave me the inspiration to just get in there and fix it... and it worked perfectly first boot up... huge relief... I was convinced it was screwed... thanks heaps :)
The dropping CPU on socket made my body mangle and contort in cringe
Sc.Lime it sent shivers down my spine
Happend to me today lmao
The cut part y'all didn't see is where he failed miserably and dropped a 1080Ti on it, and they just ran out to buy a new one
More like he dropped the MOBO, stepped on and tripped over it and snapped off a capacitor.
Dropped a Fractal Design R6 case on it.
Just to clarify:
You must be extremely careful when bending the pins. Me and my dad did this successfully tho but the pins are not held tight.
EDIT: I'd recommend using your phones camera to get a clearer look on the pins.
And dentist tools are much better than a pocket knife for the job...
*my dad and I
No shit Sherlock. You think anyones gonna unbend a pin with their ogre strength?
Jan Ryan ogre strenght? Go figure.
Porki, sure dentist tools are better than a knife, but here he shows that it is possible to do with something as simple as a pocket knife. I've worked as a PC tech for far longer than I'll ever admit, and fixing bent pins is unfortunately not an uncommon job. I ended up making a set of tools for things like this. An hour or so making those has saved a lot of time even though they aren't really that advanced, just a number of different size hooks and needles with decent grips allowing for delicate manipulation.
The old PGA style processors were much easier to work with. The grid was open and easy to access, and MOST of the time just straightening a pin was a cinch. Before ZIF sockets you might mash a pin almost straight down, making it curl up looking like a golden cinnamon roll, but even these were usually possible to just pull straight out if you were careful. After the transition to ZIF sockets it was only bent pins, but sometimes there were a lot of them. I know some people preferred to use a mechanical pencil of a diameter just large enough that you could slide it over the bent pin and straighten it. I preferred to use the blade from an utility knife. Just take a new blade from the knife and place it between the pins and straighten a whole row at a time. Turn the CPU a quarter and repeat until all rows look uniform.
Thank god you put those arrows on the thumbnail, without them I would not have been able to see the socket.
So Helpful.
wtf y does it even matter if he uses arrows or not?
Omg Linus thank you so much for this guide. I accidentally dropped my CPU whilst cleaning my apartment and bent like 20 pins on my motherboard. Was thinking it's dead. Successfully fixed it after watching your guide. Took me like an hour to fix them. You just saved my life.
This video may be 3 years old at this point, but it is still a life saver. My computer recently started acting up and eventually I was desperate enough to take a look at the CPU. I still have no idea how it happened, but I had a bent pin that was apparently causing random crashes. Linus's method of using a knife worked, and everything is back to normal (plus I don't have to buy a new CPU or motherboard).
YES finally a good video again
SO true
hansdietrich83 o
hansdietrich83 I know Finally
He made a video about this before tho
ikr..
I once opened a CPU box and dropped the CPU pins down.
I gotta be more careful with this stuff.
Survivalisbest unhackable Linus' alt account?
As long as they are not broken off, you can just bend them back. Same happend to me.
Did the same... fortunately it was a Skylake CPU so it didn't have any pins.
Jaba B I once bent 10 pens I just bought a cheap 80 dollar cpu
Jaba B after 2 weeks of attempting to fix it
I once had to repair an old CPU that I had bent a pin on when i was transferring it to another PC for a friend of mine.
Ended up using all sorts of tools, but the debit card was the perfect thickness to fit between the pins and really helped me straighten out the pin after i got it up.
It was the most painful procedure i've ever done in my entire life as far as PC's go and i would not wish a bent pin on anyone.
Awesome video though guys! Love to see some tips and tricks on this kind of topic
I use a razor blade
Thanks. Gonna fix mine tmrw. The demonstration of how to mess up your mother bird is exactly what I did. Dropped my cpu right on it and was wondering why it wasn’t working. I’ll be back in the morning to let you know if I was able to bend the 2 of them back
Just a week ago I accidentally ran my finger ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOCKET and bent like, 20 pins SIDEWAYS. I thought that my mobo was done, but with a sewing needle, I fixed the socket. Thank you lord gabe for keeping my hands steady.
Accidentally broke a pin off of my FX-8350 so I took a single wire from inside of an ethernet cable, stripped the shielding off, put it in the socket where the pin was missing and that is the cpu/mobo that I am still using to this day. I'm surprised it worked at all.
It is much easier to work with PGA then LGA,thicker pins and easier to glue or solder broken pins.It was SOP with PGA to do exactly what you did (simple glue/solder copper wire in place of broken pin).
When that pin broke off I was freaking out because I didn't want to have to replace the CPU. But I am thankful it is PGA. So much easier to work with
7:39 "reasonably big, not huge" - stuff Linus' wife would say.
more like 7:38
oh god
Organizations beautiful right?
Throws box randomly across the room
Anderson Bloemers exactly
Munjee Syed oh, really?, I thought he was serious
Hey linus, u probably won't see this but I'm super grateful you made this video. I accidently bent my pins by dropping my socket cover on them. I found this video, fixed the bent pins, and now I have dual channel support and the system is more stable. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I'm glad you made an updated version of this. Way better than the night rime one you made in 2014.
Nice video LMG, back to how it used to be. You should show a repair of the capacitors and other mother board / videocard components too.
Linus ASMR tips
Yes
I used to watch Neil Cooper's Reiki videos for ASMR. Now Linus aligns my chakras while he straightens out bent-out CPU pins.
HuelesAChetos
Please no
That's how you know he's taking a job seriously
HuelesAChetos I read the comments just to find this
in the past i have used the tip on a mechanical pencil that would fit over the pin
Little pieces of graphite could break off and mess with your stuff
Graphite has very high resistance its very unlikely to work
@@the_danksmith134 he means the tube on the tip..no graphite in the whole process
LOL thanks, didn't even think od that.
I also did the same with with an old Pentium 4 processor that I dropped. Was able to bend the pin back with a mechanical pencil, had to hold F1 on the mobo or some other key when it booted up, and then it worked after that. I was so relieved.
of course I find this the day after bending a pin on an lga 1151. Got it to post again after an hour -- god bless you if you're doing the repair right now.
This video is 6 years old and saved my sanity today. I built my first PC today and everything went perfectly, until it wouldn't post and had the DRAM red light. I tried everything easy -- reseating ram, trying one ram then the other, checking cables, resetting CMOS, quickflash BIOS. Nothing worked. I decided to reseat the processor and noticed an irregularity in the pins. Bent pins was mentioned in a Reddit post I happened upon, so it was on my mind. I used my phone to zoom 10x and then zoomed that picture. Sure enough, I could clearly see a pin bent backwards and to the side. I have no idea how it happened, the processor went in so easily and I was so careful. I found this video and Linus "GigaChad" TechTips gave me the insight I needed. I used a needle to bend it back. Took an after picture as well and you can see the pin is now, while still bent, positioned somewhat correctly. Powered on and clenched.... IT BOOTS. I might still try to return the mobo for one that isn't flawed, but let it be known that today I played with fire, and instead of getting burned I cooked.
Well my LGA socket it working with my 9900k again.
I love you Linus.
I am still freaking stressed about it all
weirdo
Had the same yesterday with my 9900k cpu stuck to the aio block and dropped, 1 pin was bend but not that bad. Pc still works fine but tried to bend it better today and still works but my hearth dropped through the ground when it happened xd
-He will fail-
Edit: He fixed it
pandavova spoilers
Well, i think this was a big spoiler, right?
-You're a bitch-
:*
He stole the idea from TechYesCity to make this video! He posted the same stuff about 4-12 days ago (people were very interested, and wanted more). Linus script writer just copied it!
I know bad English sorry
The amount of times I have done this, resulted in at least a liter a sweat.
This brings back memories, when I wasn't being careful when removing or adding, I can't remember... my Phenom II 965 quite a many years ago, I bent like 40 pins, but I successfully fixed all of them. It is such a tedious task fixing those little pins.
This happened to me literally yesterday and I found a fix, thanks!
how is it possible to accidentally bent only one of two pins?
Or if the CPU package slips off the fingers.
Trust me its possible, drop a CPU while installing it and there you go.
yeah i guess
Dropping a CPU while installing is unfortunately all to easy. There are tools designed to hold the CPU as you place it in the socket, but in my experience they are clunky, slow and and it's still possible to drop the CPU so most people tend to ignore them even if they've got them.I know I'm guilty of that.
CalculatinGenius when you overtighten the gpu and it pushes the pins down.
I was checking out some damaged motherboards at a Fry's back in 2012. They had 3 Asus boards that were discounted to something like $15 each. One was a box P67 motherboard and the other 2 were just bare Z68-V boards. I managed to bend the pins back on one of the Z68-V boards, while the other 2 had pins that appeared to have the pin heads burned off of them. I then went to MicroCenter and picked up an i5-2500K for $159. The board worked fine for about 2 years, and just quit working when I moved it to another case.
Fix more stuff, goes good with my coffee.
Honestly this video just reinvigorated me. Found out today during my rebuild that I had bent Mobo pins and thought I was done for
I bent pins on my CPU before. I was very stressed out but I was able to bend them back with iFixit tweezers. It was very stressful, but fixing the CPU felt very good in the end. I hope you were able to fix your motherboard.
This video was helpful in helping me repair my $150 Intel dual PCIE X16 motherboard. The socket had several bent pins
Oh my fu^king god back in 2015 my mate tried to build his own pc and it could never post, I checked every component apart from the motherboard pins even testing every component on my own pc. >.
That happend to me
This has been happening with me for the past 3 weeks where his pc wouldn’t boot we bought a new power supply to fix it we bought new ram we even bought a new i7 and at the last option I was checking everything on his motherboard and noticed one bent pin sure as hell I sent it back to amazon and we’re waiting on the new one arriving haha he thought I was clueless and never knew what I was doing when In the end he had dropped his phone on the pins when he opened it to look without me there and didn’t think to let me know when I arrived hhahahah
Thanks Linus! I recently bought an i5 7500 for my MSI Z270A Pro motherboard and checked to make sure it was compatible. When I took out my old CPU (Pentium G4560) I must’ve dropped it or something because after that, none of my CPU’s worked. I checked the internet but a lot of answers were about BIOS incompatibilities. After inspecting everything myself, I noticed that 2 pins in my socket were broken! I was really worried that I’d have to replace my motherboard but after watching this and fixing those pins with an exacto knife, a huge wave of relieve swept over me. I know this video is a year old but I just wanted to say thank you. Bye!
You put a pentium in a z270 board?
@@spidaxtreme lol i think he screwed up
Did plugging your new cpu in it cause any damage to the cpu
When i was much younger, i've done this a couple times... i like using a fine flat head screwdriver, the type you'd use for your glasses.
Thank you Linus, just finished recovering my Asus H170 Pro Gaming, it was dead since I shipped from Jakarta to Mumbai last year.
got to technician shop got the simple answer, socket is damaged need to replace the mother board. just than happen to watch your video and whoa... I did manage to recover..
I used my Samsung S8 plus Camera in video mode with full zoom to see the bent pins and used a needle to fiddle around with 2 of them to align.
thanks a lot mate... you rock.
just don't drop the phone onto the socket :P
seriously, good on you for trying something else instead of just paying up
First ever pc build I completely mangled the socket. At least 20 pins bent all over. Managed to fix most of them but on the last one I couldn't get it in the right spot, so, stupid me, I kept trying. Broke it off.
Tried to boot it up anyway, and praise Linus, it worked. Must have been a redundant pin. Lesson learned
They did surgery on a CPU
Dead meme
lmao
Lmao
oaml
Bad reference... It's actually the motherboard they did surgery on
7:28 “something you might notice here” is that you are laying on the table lmao
It seems that Linus has now evolved into using arrows in the thumbnail...
a step in the right direction!
'Evolved!'
Literally bent pins on my new motherboard I purchased while making my first computer and this video saved my life and $300. THANKS.
Tweezers and a Mechanical Pencil without lead are what I've always used. Tweezers to bend the pin up, then the mechanical pencil to slide over the pin, adjust placement, and straighten it out.
I would love to see alot more of these fix and repair videos.
WE NEED MORE IDIOT PROOF CPU'S AND SOCKET'S !
BuzzCola 3
Idiots shouldn't be assembling PC's in the first place maybe?
For that reason there are IT-technicians
FFS I am so glad to see this channel put out a video without bullshit in it! Don't get me wrong, I've not stopped watching every video you guys put out but man it was starting to wear on me. This video is a breath of seriously fresh air; LMG is clearly still capable of making high quality entertainment and informative technology centric content without vomiting memes and campy garbage all over it. Please keep the attitude of this video in mind going forward, it's one of the best videos you guys have made in months hands down.
This is more like Linus Tech Tips! Especially because Linus is standing up! Very quick way to check
I once got a small amount of old sticky thermal paste into the socket as I removed the cooler. To get it out, I used a Q-tip where I cut off both ends, one diagonally, so it was like a somewhat flexible hollow needle. Then I dipped the needle into alcohol and carefully applied it to the messy area drop by drop using my smartphone cam as a magnifying glass. I scraped out the residue between the pin rows with the tip of the neelde and tilted my case to let the gunk run to the edge and out of the socket. Repeated those steps until everything was clean. Runs just fine to this day.
3:49
linus: has a magnifine glass
also linus: doesnt use it very much if at all
smart phone camera on zoom in one hand does the trick
Who here has been a sub long enough to remember when he accidentally broke the pin on a phenom II cpu and fixed it by stuffing the pin in the am3 socket? I remember that video. I think it was on the NCIX channel though.
That video was posted in 2009
He's been a special kind of dingus then
A stupid idea that works, isn't stupid.
Don't throw plastic bins, you just organised, good video
For CPUs with pins I use syringe needles to gently lever them back into position. Clip the point off then use a file or sharpening stone to remove burrs. A pointy knife blade will ensure the hole in the end is burr free. A needle that just fits between the rows of pins can be used for mildly bent pins.
Slide in at the base of the pins then lift up. If you feel no resistance there's no pins bent toward that gap. If there are, the action of lifting the needle out sideways may straighten them enough to get into the socket.
For more severe bends, use a needle that fits closely over the pin and you can gently nudge it straight without any danger to surrounding pins.
This video single handedly solved my problem.
Got all new parts, AM5 board, CPU and ram and it couldnt detect my dual channels...tried everything, except checking for a bend pin and there it was...bend it back and everything was fine. 👍
wow, after buy new rams and just break my head i landed here... i not looked into the socket now, but i think, it will be the problem. and i bent cpu pins during i want repair, fuckin cleaned everything and this and fuck i did all but not this. hope it will be this problem and not much pins :D wish me luck
Can bring back motherboard but can't bring back my mother
TaeVTech the fuck?
RIP Mercy Old ult...
Linus professions:
Dropping things, especially the expensive ones.
Nearly everything about computers
Once again, Linus has saved my whole day.
After a bunch of family friends realized "John knows computers!" they've been getting my help on their systems. As a direct result, I recently received my 4th free computer from someone who was upgrading. As such, I decided to use what I had to build my sister a good pc since she's been using her laptop for everything.
Long story short, I was salvaging a good cpu cooler from another board when I nudged the open cpu socket on the board I was going to use. I thought it would be fine, it wasn't. No boot. Spinning fans, no display, no bios, nothing.
Watching this as a guide, I used multiple flashlights, a magnifying glass, and a sewing needle to realign the two bent pins. Slapped it together, and SUCCESS. Thank you you beautiful nerd. You better hope I never see you in person, or I might try to hug you. Almost all of my experience and knowledge on computers has been a result of LTT being a guide.
I just fixed 2 pins on my LGA1700 socket with the eye of a needle (not the pointy bit). After prying them back in place, I looked away for a second and looked back to raise them a little extra but I could not locate them anymore as they blended in with the rest. - Success!
You, Linus, saved my ass. Thank you. H170 junkyard board, now in service, and the best part, I am not forced to load spyware,windows 10!
@aaads YT no I'm a windows 7 nerd. Free bsd as needed
nice audio!
How to not drop a CPU in the socket:
*_FIRMLY GRASP IT_*
Linus I've been watching your videos for about a year now. My pc would boot up everything connected everything running fine. But the monitor was showing no signal. When I was about to give up hope, I said to myself I should try this one last thing, I wiped my manly tears and gave it a try and it worked, I don't know how it worked but it did. Because of this everything is all working the way it should be. Thank You so Fricken Much.
I don't remember when I watched this video, but when I did, I hadn't ever come across this problem before. After I watched this video, I've needed to fix 3 separate CPU sockets with bent pins (only 1 of them was mine). I'm glad I had this knowledge in my back pocket! Thanks Linus and crew!
Alright
We have the money for motherboard and stuff like this
Better go in Tenerife
I mean its better if they fix it, less money for them that can be better spent on some other project
7:17
He should have said: *Now that's a lot of damage!*
(you know... flex tape guy?)
7:17 now thats alotta damage
shoulda used flex tape
When it happens, it sucks! But either you throw away the motherboard or you try to fix it, you already screwed it. I came here to see some ideas because i was already in the spot and after some trials and error I finally was able to bring it back to life. Thanks Linus for your helpful ideas!
Use a toothpick. Wooden ones. It kinda snags the pin making easy to lift it and move it around. Used them several times and find it quite easy.
The audio sounds like it has been ripped from a vhs tape
2:39 that one wrench is really bothering me
YET another video with borked audio LOOOOOOOL
Just fixed 15 pins. Tools place sewing needle in the eraser of a pencil. Buy pointed tweezers and file the tip to a point to manipulate the pins better. I mounted a cheap logitech webcam 1 inch over the LGA socket connected through pc to use as my way to view. Average cost to replace on a few sites was $75.
One day i was browsing X79 boards on EBay and came across a $55 ASRock Extreme3 with a few bent pins and i know how to fix bent pins, so i bought it and fixed them in 15 minutes.
The fact that i could resell it for 4 times i bought it for and only because of a few bent pins is awesome.
I also like that the seller really didn't care or didn't know how to fix
Why is your right eye smaller than the left one?
Humans aren't perfect
Lighting, left eye is exposed to direct light while the right is in the shade, thus doesn't need to close as much to protect from the direct light....he could have Palsy where he can control more on one side than the other
I shat on the right eye, thats why
Can you cut the pin of a laptop CPU process and put to a desktop mother board
No
When you see Linus in a UA-cam ad....
As a long time subscriber, this has been the best vid yet in a while. Fun watch! The new RED cameras worked great here.
man. you make it look so easy. you are a genius. if i only knew how to do this few years ago.
Kids, this is why pga is better. Even though you can bend pins on the processor, there so much easier to repair
potato potato potato potato potato potato potato use a heatgun to soften the thermal paste dumbfuck
potato potato potato potato potato potato potato lol i was being sarcastic
I mix in between might be the best then. PGA with a (Intel style) lid that holds the CPU down instead of clambed pins. IMO it depends on the price. The pins should go on the cheapest part.
@@EniotProductions that's actually a good idea.
Lemon lol using a heatgun just to get a processor out of the sockets is sooo much useless things
Is uploading daily hard? Or was it hard before it became routine?
TheDucKGames of course it is
Depends on how difficult the content is to make but even easy videos like gameplay can be a drag after a while of uploading each day.
The only reason he had to fix it, is 'cause he dropped it...
looks like the joke flew right over someones head
I live how linus didn't expect something that generates heat to be hot at 1:22
This is right up my alley. You sir Linus should invest in a stereo microscope.
They are the bomb for working on tiny thing, NOTHING IS TOO SMALL!
Linus can I send in my CPU with bent pins for you to fix?
Well I just broke my mobo, so this is coincidental
Hahaha the way I bent one of my pins on an LGA1136 socket was with the fucking heatsink. I was so mad at myself.
Hahaha had that happen too, but no, this time I just dropped it out of my hand because I was clumsy. :P
Jup, and we bended about 50 Pins while doing so, because the thermal paste dried out and was like glue.
Dorinyan tell me about it. It was on a amd CPU for me lol. Was the first time I hold a CPU in my hands lolz.
Well, not the first time holding a CPU, because i was the PC-builder for most people in my class, but first time dissembling a factory-made-pc. They seemed to be using low-grad thermal paste that dried out in 3 years. When we finally managed to take the cooler out, the CPU was glued to the plate and was as such forcefully pulled from the slot. We spend a hole Afternoon carefully correcting the pins with callipers and a knife. But it worked afterward, but was soon swapped for a better CPU. And yes, it was AMD. Old AM2+-Socket. i think it wouldnt be possible with Intel because of the frame holding the CPU down
1136?
the 'research' of the second motherboard is one of the most awesome researches I have ever seen. Using your fixed socket as your comparison of what... the same socket...?😱
I have to thank you for this video, 'cause it gave the much needed input to resurrect my MSI z77a-gd65. Bought it second-hand but after mounting the whole system, I got the dreadful 55 error (RAM issue) . Tried almost everything but nothing worked until I stumbled upon a post on a board that led to think the problem lied with the socket. Then I found your clip, watched it and decided to have a go. There were 4 or 5 bent pins in the socket, I levelled them using a thin knife and guess what? Everything's working like a charm. Thanks dude, you did help me with your video
whats up with the sound?!
I fixed a broken amd cpu pin with a screw driver
Is this an asmr video?
Thanks a bunch! Mustered up some courage and actually fixed an old sabretooth z77 that i got online! 🙏🙏🙏
If you got a bent pin, this is the video to watch. This will boost your confidence to DIY 👊. Thanks LTT!