Tech Tips: Repairing Damaged Pins on LGA Sockets

As an engineer sample board, there's no warranty, and it's not recommended to attempt repairs without proper knowledge and expertise. However, for those who are willing to take the risk, I'll show you how to fix a damaged pin in a LGA socket.

First, we need to identify the issue. In this case, we have a pin that's either broken or bent, and it's hard to tell which one is the problem. To get a closer look, we'll use a magnifying glass and a standard pin or needle. We want one that's reasonably fine, as you can see in the image.

[Insert Image of damaged pin]

With our tools ready, let's take a closer look at the damaged pin. As you can see, it has a flat portion at the bottom and ends with a little ball. The ball has broken off, but we may be able to bend the pin back into shape to make contact with its corresponding pad on the bottom of the CPU.

To begin the repair, we'll use very delicate movements to avoid damaging the surrounding pins. We want to carefully manipulate the damaged pin to get it into the correct position. In this case, we'll try to bend the pin up and then back to see if that gets us close enough to make contact with the pad.

As we work on repairing the pin, I want to emphasize the importance of caution. If we're not careful, we could end up damaging the CPU or other components on the motherboard. However, in this case, it looks like we may be able to get the pin into place without any issues.

Now that we've managed to bend the pin into a usable shape, let's take a closer look at the repaired area. As you can see, it still looks a bit funny, but hopefully, it will make contact with its corresponding pad on the bottom of the CPU. The only way to know for sure is to power up the system and test the motherboard.

[Insert Image of repaired pin]

I've gone ahead and built up a test bench, and I'm hoping that we wired everything correctly. Let's take a look at what happens when we power it on. Ah, there we go! The system is powering up, and we're getting some output on the display. This is exactly what we were hoping for – proof that our repair worked.

As you can see from the image, this is the result of fixing the damaged pin. We've managed to salvage a motherboard that would have been considered useless otherwise. And let's be honest, it's not just about saving money – it's also about reducing electronic waste and giving old components a new lease on life.

Of course, as I mentioned earlier, this is not a recommended repair method for everyone. If you're not comfortable attempting repairs like this, it's best to leave it to the professionals. However, for those who are willing to take the risk, we've shown that it's possible to fix damaged pins in LGA sockets with the right tools and knowledge.

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normally I wear a t-shirt for these and you can change your Amazon bookmark to one with our affiliate code so whenever you buy diapers or something sorry I've got babies on the brain just had a new baby uh so whenever you buy whatever it is you buy on Amazon we get a small Kickback it helps us out a lot thanks again for watching and as always don't forget to subscribe hewith the purchase of a qualifying Intel processor SSD or knck you could instantly win an Intel gaming Jersey and be entered in the draw for the ultimate system click now to learn more welcome to a bit of an impromptu late night Vlog I've got a COR i7 something k whatever the point is it's an LGA 2011 chip here that is perfectly good but unfortunately isn't booting in this x79 Delux Asus board and it's not the fault of the board somehow at some point I hope you guys can see it here but right there there is a bent pin now the advantage to LGA chips is that the CPUs themselves are much less fragile than they used to be but back when pins were on the bottom of CPUs or on AMD CPUs where they still are it was a lot easier to repair them and you could even use little tricks like uh putting the St of the pin or even another piece of metal into a socket and as long as it would make contact a lot of the time you could get your CPU working again well LGA 2011 repair is a lot trickier so we're going to give it a shot here let's see how much I can zoom in and show you guys that damaged spot right in the middle of the frame there there's one pin that's either broken or bent it's hard for me to even tell so I've got my tools handy here first up is a standard pin or needle you're going to want one that's reasonably fine okay I got a pink one second is you're going to want some kind of a magnifying glass so you can actually see what you're doing and then third is you are going to want an excellent light source so in my case I'll be going with an iPhone propped up between the PCI SL e slots so here we go now the way these pins work is they're kind of like little Springs so uh here you can see that they actually have a flat portion let me just see if I can even get in there they have kind of a flat portion here at the bottom and then they end in a little ball at the end now it looks like what's happened to our pin here after closer examination with the magnifying glass is the ball on the end has broken off but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily done for we may be able to bend the pin back into to a position where the rest of it so not the pad at the end but the rest of it the stump of it can make contact with the pad on the bottom of the CPU so that's going to be our goal here so what we're going to do is we're going to use very delicately this pin being careful not to damage the ones around it mind you if we do it's a dead board already um although I think Asus can do socket repair for a fee but this is an engineering sample board so there's no warranty so uh we're just going to kind of go for the Gusto here and we're going to try to bend that pin into such a position that it can make contact with its corresponding pad on the bottom of the CPU here so I think I got it by uh cuz the the pin has a couple of kinks in it so it kind of goes this way and then back and then up to the head so what I did was because we're missing the head now is I I bent it up and then I bent this one up a little bit so hopefully that stub of the pin is now in the same position where the head would have been so it can make contact now you can see it still looks a little funny but the only way to know for sure unfortunately is to fire up a CPU and find out if she posts now this isn't the kind of thing that I actually recommend doing because I have no way of guaranteeing that you wouldn't kill your CPU by doing it but uh hey there the line is Tech tips so we like to live dangerously all right so it's Moment of Truth time I've gone ahead and built up the test bench here hopefully I wired it all up correctly let's just see what happens okay there we go so it is powering up but this was normal we expected that let's see if we get anything on the display no way ha got it look at that ch 7 4930k new CPU installed it worked we got it well uh there you go guys as uh as ghetto as the methodology may have been that is how I go about fixing pins on LGA sockets I've actually done it a number of times this one I had already worked on for about uh 15 minutes before I tried it tonight but that was when I had a much thicker pin um and I also didn't really have a great light source I didn't have a magnifying glass so I was able to do a bit of a better job this time and uh we've got it up and running so that's fantastic Salvage to motherboard $300 motherboard sure beats uh sure beats buying a new one so thanks for watching guys like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment and let me know what you'd like to see for future videos or whatever it is you want to leave comments about on videos on YouTube make your voice be heard and guys check out the links in the video description so there's a link to our sponsor there's a link for where you can support us so you can give us a monthly contribution you can buy a cool t-shirt not like the one I'm wearing I'm wearing some other random t-shirt normally I wear a t-shirt for these and you can change your Amazon bookmark to one with our affiliate code so whenever you buy diapers or something sorry I've got babies on the brain just had a new baby uh so whenever you buy whatever it is you buy on Amazon we get a small Kickback it helps us out a lot thanks again for watching and as always don't forget to subscribe he\n"