AMD CPU top row of pins bent, but still fits

ytzone

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So I have an AMD CPU and the top row of pins got bent facing outward. I think the pins got bent because my heatsink was pretty much glued onto the CPU, and pulling the heatsink off also pulled the CPU off.

The thing is though, the CPU can still be easily inserted as long as I insert it at a certain angle. I can't test if it works right now, but does anyone know if it'll be fine?

Thanks.

Edit: For some reason I can't reply so all I can do is edit this post.

Unfortunately I don't have a camera good enough to show how it looks, but all I can tell you is that the top row of pins is bent outward and it isn't very noticable. It doesn't look severe at all either.
 
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It might be ok but if those pins snap off you might have a problem getting it out. It could potentially still work if you can get it in the socket, we cant really tell how bad it is without an image. You said your hs was glued to the cpu, did you use thermal glue instead of thermal paste? With damaged pins there's always a possibility that it could have adverse effects on the board and the chip but this is more likely with Intel than amd.

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It might be ok but if those pins snap off you might have a problem getting it out. It could potentially still work if you can get it in the socket, we cant really tell how bad it is without an image. You said your hs was glued to the cpu, did you use thermal glue instead of thermal paste? With damaged pins there's always a possibility that it could have adverse effects on the board and the chip but this is more likely with Intel than amd.
 
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