Gratuitous hardware-related banana thread

GP2 · 2003-11-02, 20:25

Yesterday, I had a P4 that just wouldn't fit into the motherboard Socket 478. Some of the pins had gotten very slightly bent, somehow. A bit too expensive to write off. So I armed myself with a boxcutter, the edge of a piece of plastic packaging, and a great deal of patience, and straightened things out.

Top that.

PageFault · 2003-11-02, 22:34

Been there, done that before. New tbred didn't plop right in, took a needle and pushed a bent pin upright. No biggie.

GP2 · 2003-11-02, 22:51

I tried that, but all it did was make the neighboring pins bend too. The pins are just too small and too close together. Had to resort to pushing the boxcutter down each row and column of pins for preliminary straightening, and then again with a thicker piece of plastic.

QuintLeo · 2003-11-02, 23:29

Opterons have 940 pins, in a package that's not all THAT much bigger than a P4.

I don't even want to THINK about a bent pin on an Opteron....

8-<<<

czolus · 2003-11-06, 23:46

Can't wait until BGAs (Ball Grid Array) come out, no?

Dresdenboy · 2003-11-07, 07:21

I would try to use a very thin tube or a not too thin hypodermic needle and put it on the pin. But usually (in times when the pins were thicker and longer

) I used my fingernails for a quick correction.

optim · 2003-11-07, 07:58

I have this kind of problem with IDE connector's pins very often. Fortunately it is easy to fix them.

I also have faced this problem with PS/2 and VGA connectors.

I hate pins!!!

E_tron · 2003-11-24, 06:13

I recovered a pentium 166mhz CPU. someone stepped on it. even though it was worth my time i did it anyway. still works.

2003-11-02, 20:25	#1
GP2 Sep 2003 3·863 Posts	Gratuitous hardware-related banana thread Yesterday, I had a P4 that just wouldn't fit into the motherboard Socket 478. Some of the pins had gotten very slightly bent, somehow. A bit too expensive to write off. So I armed myself with a boxcutter, the edge of a piece of plastic packaging, and a great deal of patience, and straightened things out. Top that.

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2003-11-02, 22:34	#2
PageFault Aug 2002 Dawn of the Dead 5·47 Posts	Been there, done that before. New tbred didn't plop right in, took a needle and pushed a bent pin upright. No biggie.

2003-11-02, 22:51	#3
GP2 Sep 2003 3×863 Posts	I tried that, but all it did was make the neighboring pins bend too. The pins are just too small and too close together. Had to resort to pushing the boxcutter down each row and column of pins for preliminary straightening, and then again with a thicker piece of plastic.

2003-11-02, 23:29	#4
QuintLeo Oct 2002 Lost in the hills of Iowa 2⁶·7 Posts	Opterons have 940 pins, in a package that's not all THAT much bigger than a P4. I don't even want to THINK about a bent pin on an Opteron.... 8-<<<

2003-11-06, 23:46	#5
czolus Sep 2003 3² Posts	Can't wait until BGAs (Ball Grid Array) come out, no?

2003-11-07, 07:21	#6
Dresdenboy Apr 2003 Berlin, Germany 19² Posts	I would try to use a very thin tube or a not too thin hypodermic needle and put it on the pin. But usually (in times when the pins were thicker and longer ) I used my fingernails for a quick correction.

2003-11-07, 07:58	#7
optim Nov 2003 European Union 150₈ Posts	I have this kind of problem with IDE connector's pins very often. Fortunately it is easy to fix them. I also have faced this problem with PS/2 and VGA connectors. I hate pins!!!

2003-11-24, 06:13	#8
E_tron Sep 2002 Austin, TX 231₁₆ Posts	I recovered a pentium 166mhz CPU. someone stepped on it. even though it was worth my time i did it anyway. still works.