I have a computer question and it is aimed at the Do It Yourselfer.
I was replacing a cooling fan/heat sink on a CPU last week and when I
pulled off the old Heatsink it pulled the whole CPU out with it.
When I put the CPU back in with the new heatsink/cooling fan, it bent
(I mean really
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up
without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop tubing with
an inside diameter that will just slip over a good pin while still
having clearance from the adjacent pins. Then slip it over the bent
pins, straightening as
There are no good solutions to your problem, and using some tool to unbend the
pins is about the best of bad solutions. The real question is why did you try
to replace the heat sink? That is a definite no-no unless you are both
desperate and very experienced. While my own experience is with
Has any one ever had luck un bending pins on a newer CPU?
Back when I was a lab tech in college I became the official pin
straightener. That was back in the days of vacuum tubes!
I'm partial to needle-nose pliers. They give you a tight grip, which is
important to maintain control of the pin.
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up
without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop tubing with
an inside diameter that will just slip over a good pin while still
having clearance from the adjacent pins. Then slip it over the bent
pins, straightening as
First you have to get them high enough to catch but I can see
that. .5,.7,.9 would work. Have to dig my old Pentel's out.
Stewart
At 04:18 PM 2/15/2009, you wrote:
While I can't vouch for whether the pins will straighten back up
without breaking, what I would try is get some hobby shop
