On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:35:10 -0700, Bob wrote in message <20101112213510.gd12...@hysteria.proulx.com>:
> Mitchell Laks wrote: > > ... they bent some of the pins... > > there are about 900 !!! > > 938 pins ..grab your and empty your 0.3 or 0.5mm mechanical pencil, slip its lead tube over each pin and bend them home, one by one. ;o) ..multiple pins can be "plowed" ;o) or bent home simultaneously with a knife, usually takes several passes along "the lanes." > > Now it wont install into the socket AM3. ..you _are_ sure both the cpu and socket are AM3? > > however it still resists putting into the socket on the asus > > motherboard. any other ideas on how to ease it in? > > There really isn't any substitute for carefully straightening the > pins. It is tedious but can be successfully accomplished. Just work > carefully and patiently. If you find yourself frustrated then pause, > take a break, and then come back to it. This is a task that requires > careful patience rather like straightening a bicycle wheel. In > addition to the techniques you described you may need to squeeze a pin > to straighten it if it is curved. A pair of flat tweezers has worked > for me for that purpose. > > Be careful of electro static discharge and do not "zap" it while > trying to fix it! Also be careful of bending any individual pin too > much. It work hardens the metal and in a bad case might break off. > > Side Note: Professional shops often have a metal block with the holes > drilled representing the socket holes. The holes are beveled to guide > the pins into the right locations. This type of custom made jig is > often used to straighten pins. We had several at my previous > employer. ..cheaper ones can be "angle ground" off burnt etc main boards. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101113022726.4bdea...@a45.fmb.no
