DutchBoy

lol this reminds me of what i did to my friends ol intel he had layin around, i kinda bent every pin and it suprised me how hard it is to bend them...my full weight couldnt do it :p
nice faq though

Ch13f121

yeah I dropped my old p4 about 3 feet, and bent some pins on the corner, I used a flathead screwdriver to pry em back straight

Ace of Spades

Using a Stanley Knife also works a real treat !

I would suggest this when you have more than a few pins bent,
For example i had a 478 chip and there was about 60 pins bent.
20 mins with a stanley knife and a beer and i was done, booted first time :D
Plus once u placed it back in the socket a few times the pins will straighten out perfectly :D

Hope this helps a few of you.

HardwaterH4ck3r

I also read it in Maximum PC

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kagaos

Good idea, but the pins usually breat the plastic mechanical pencil. It is best to get a metal tipped one.

steve!!

hmm great idea i shall keep it in mind incase i ever bend one or two, or more :O

PhireX

Im happy, coz I can fix my motherboard and sell it..

Im sad, coz I threw away a 478 3.0 18 months ago coz I thought it was gone for good,

oh well I suppose that's fairly old tech now, my dual core will do much better..mm..

JacKz5o

wow, great faq, REP+

gonX

Great FAQ
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Never tried it myself though. But i'll keep this in mind.

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