First of all if you have a broken pin install it and see if the CPU works correctly. Many pins are redundant (like ground pins as an example). If it works correctly even when you stress test it then you can continue to use it .
This video is very chatty but here you go for straightening BENT pins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbFNLiAILg
For BROKEN pins take a look at these videos - if that doesn’t scare you off??
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2XYkRwtBQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2XYkRwtBQ (the very least Linus will have you laughing)
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0TEmzK48U (the shaking is especially reassuring!)
If you have no experience with fine soldering call around to your local repair shops for a quote.
Good luck and let us know how it went.
''Oh and next time you are doing something like this open the package, etc. over a table with something soft on it so the fall is only a very short distance and the surface if fairly soft.''
First of all if you have a broken pin install it and see if the CPU works correctly. Many pins are redundant (like ground pins as an example). If it works correctly even when you stress test it then you can continue to use it .
This video is very chatty but here you go for straightening BENT pins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbFNLiAILg
For BROKEN pins take a look at these videos - if that doesn’t scare you off??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2XYkRwtBQ
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0TEmzK48U (the shaking is especially reassuring!)
If you have no experience with fine soldering call around to your local repair shops for a quote.
Good luck and let us know how it went.
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''Oh and next time you are doing something like this open the package, etc. over a table with something soft on it so the fall is only a very short distance and the surface if fairly soft.''
First of all if you have a broken pin install it and see if the CPU works correctly. Many pins are redundant (like ground pins as an example). If it works correctly even when you stress test it then you can continue to use it .
This video is very chatty but here you go for straightening BENT pins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKbFNLiAILg
For BROKEN pins take a look at these videos - if that doesn’t scare you off??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2XYkRwtBQ
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0TEmzK48U (the shaking is especially reassuring!)
If you have no experience with fine soldering call around to your local repair shops for a quote.
Good luck and let us know how it went.