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How to Fix Bent CPU Pins
Introduction
Use this guide to fix bent pins on your computer’s processor (CPU) from either being dropped, bumped, or installed incorrectly.
The level of severity may vary, but the general process outlined in this guide is intended to be a catch-all. Some instances of bent pins may be unfixable, so use judgement and proceed with caution.
CPU pins are extremely fragile, and although malleable, can only be bent a finite number of times before they have a chance of snapping off.
If a pin breaks off, consult a pinout diagram of your CPU to see if the pin happens to be a dummy pin. If this is the case, consider yourself lucky, and install and use your CPU normally.
This guide uses an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, but applies to all pin grid array (PGA) CPUs.
Note: This guide doesn’t apply to land grid array (LGA) CPUs such as modern Intel CPUs, as the pins are inside the motherboard socket instead of on the CPU itself.
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