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Worth the risk to try and buy a Motherboard with bent pins and try to fix it?

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June 1, 2014 8:46:38 PM

Yeah, the title says it all. It's an ASUS Maximus board for $50 (socket 1155) with a few bent pins. I don't have a whole lot of money, so I want to be at least 80% sure I could fix it. Here's the link to the board: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-Maximus-IV-Extreme-Z-LGA-1...
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June 1, 2014 8:49:22 PM

Don't do it, it can burn your whole rig down.
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June 1, 2014 8:49:32 PM

I've personally tried (and had professionals try) to fix bent pins and they break about 80% of the time. Don't even bother, that is the #1 killer to motherboards.
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June 1, 2014 8:49:43 PM

Could you fix bent pins, sure, mechanical pencils work great.
Would I recommend buying one? NO.

Though you know pins are bent, you dont know to what extent, how many, or if they are even fixable. The first pin you try to fix could break off (Which most do), and you will have no replacement. If you bent one working, I would say its fine, dont buy it that way.
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June 1, 2014 9:01:02 PM

Wow, thanks for all the feedback! And thanks for helping me not to make a colossal mistake!
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