Good Afternoon!
I'm a long-time reader of these forums (on and off for several years now) but I've never felt the need to post until today. I have a rather annoying problem, and I'm hoping that someone will be able to provide advice.
One afternoon last week, having just finished a session of BF2142, my computer (see sig for specs) just went black. Fans were still running, but nothing would show up on the monitor. I tried changing the Gfx Card, but that had no effect, but the MSI board I have has an external LED bracket that brooadcasts error codes - this said it was a processor problem. So I ordered the only Socket 754 processor available to buy (a Sempron 3000+) to swap for my Athlon 3200.
I've come to today to try and install it, I removed the previous heatsink, and took out the broken processor, but the Sempron just wouldnt fit in easily. Half of it would fit, but the top Right-hand-side wouldnt. I didn't want to force it, so I tried the original again... it fitted like a dream.
On examination of the bottom of the original 3200+, theres a broken pin missing... which is stuck in the socket of the motherboard, just poking above the plastic. This, I'm assuming is why my ClawHammer failed last tuesday; I'm also assuming thats why the sempron won't fit in. The question is... how do I get it out?
The obvious solution is to get a new motherboard and processor - but all of my files (music, photos, videos, my Masters Thesis) are on my raid drives... which I believe will go if I switch boards. Besides, I was wanting to wait for Nehalem before going down that route. My Clawhammer may have been old and deeply flawed (single-channel matched-memory only anyone??) but it worked for what I wanted it to do (played BF2142 on full; played Oblivion on full with 300+ mods, although thats the 1950 pro, really - point is its enough for my needs). So ideally, I'd like to put the sempron in, get my files off, and then either use that, or grab an E2140 and try for 3.2....
So, to the questions: are there any solutions to removing this b*thard pin? it is just about sticking up above the socket plastic... if I were to get minaiture tweezers and a magnifying glass, would that cause any damage? What, in your collective opinion, is likely to help?
All advice greatly appreciated - many thanks in advance.
Vincio_Filliarum
I'm a long-time reader of these forums (on and off for several years now) but I've never felt the need to post until today. I have a rather annoying problem, and I'm hoping that someone will be able to provide advice.
One afternoon last week, having just finished a session of BF2142, my computer (see sig for specs) just went black. Fans were still running, but nothing would show up on the monitor. I tried changing the Gfx Card, but that had no effect, but the MSI board I have has an external LED bracket that brooadcasts error codes - this said it was a processor problem. So I ordered the only Socket 754 processor available to buy (a Sempron 3000+) to swap for my Athlon 3200.
I've come to today to try and install it, I removed the previous heatsink, and took out the broken processor, but the Sempron just wouldnt fit in easily. Half of it would fit, but the top Right-hand-side wouldnt. I didn't want to force it, so I tried the original again... it fitted like a dream.
On examination of the bottom of the original 3200+, theres a broken pin missing... which is stuck in the socket of the motherboard, just poking above the plastic. This, I'm assuming is why my ClawHammer failed last tuesday; I'm also assuming thats why the sempron won't fit in. The question is... how do I get it out?
The obvious solution is to get a new motherboard and processor - but all of my files (music, photos, videos, my Masters Thesis) are on my raid drives... which I believe will go if I switch boards. Besides, I was wanting to wait for Nehalem before going down that route. My Clawhammer may have been old and deeply flawed (single-channel matched-memory only anyone??) but it worked for what I wanted it to do (played BF2142 on full; played Oblivion on full with 300+ mods, although thats the 1950 pro, really - point is its enough for my needs). So ideally, I'd like to put the sempron in, get my files off, and then either use that, or grab an E2140 and try for 3.2....
So, to the questions: are there any solutions to removing this b*thard pin? it is just about sticking up above the socket plastic... if I were to get minaiture tweezers and a magnifying glass, would that cause any damage? What, in your collective opinion, is likely to help?
All advice greatly appreciated - many thanks in advance.
Vincio_Filliarum