L Lunix89 Reputable Mar 30, 2014 86 0 4,640 May 5, 2014 #1 i accidentally bent all the pins on the socket and managed to straighten them out nicely but 3 pins snapped off. are ALL the pins neccersary for the wifi/bt module to work? it seems like a simple type of socket. my motherboard is an msi mpower max.
i accidentally bent all the pins on the socket and managed to straighten them out nicely but 3 pins snapped off. are ALL the pins neccersary for the wifi/bt module to work? it seems like a simple type of socket. my motherboard is an msi mpower max.
photonboy Titan Jun 20, 2006 21,567 13 85,015 May 5, 2014 #2 I haven't seen too many products that had unnecessary pins. Upvote 0 Downvote
COLGeek Cybernaut Moderator Apr 6, 2009 54,218 3,416 179,340 May 5, 2014 #3 Yes, to use that socket, all of the pins must be present. Upvote 0 Downvote