Bad day i broke my cpu...

god if i knew i was going to break it i'd had set it to like 5ghz and watched as it caught fire!

its bad.. i've bent pins back befor i cant even look at this it makes me dizzy if i can get all the pins bent back is it going to effect performance?

If you can bend them back without snapping them it will work exactly as it did before.

pray for me

We still want pictures

Good luck!!

Try using the tip of a mechanical pencil with no lead/graphite in it. The opening should be just wide enough to slide over the pins and it makes it much easier to straighten them.

I bent a row of pins on my first CPU (old A64 3800+). I thought it was toast but I bent 'em back and that chip has been going solid for ~3 years now.

They can be bent back into shape and cpu will work as if nothing happened. Ive bent pins on my Phenom 9500 quite badly but i got them back straighten using the tip of a mechanical pencil as stated above. The best thing to do is be very patient, take your time and carefully bend them back using the tip of the pencil...Dont rush it as there's more risk of it going wrong and even pins breaking off completely

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!
USED A SMALL STRAW! ITS WORKING RUNNING A STABILITY TEST NOW!!!
BUT GUESS WHAT I'M SO TIRED AND WORKED UP SO MUCH MY ****** @#$ STUCK MY OLD HEATSINK BACK ON IT!!!

thank all you guys i prolly would have spent all day trying to talk amd into sending me a new one and spent weeks without a good cpu i realy apreciate your help

I didn't take pics sorry but it was 26 pins i bent and 7 were lying flat they arn't perfect but hey what ever it takes u guys don't think it will hurt my clocks in the future?

Shouldn't effect the performance or stability at all, never did with my ol' X2 4400+ anyway!

NICE!!!!! Great work!

Your performance should be fine as always! My prayer to Jeebus worked!

Was the cpu out of the board when you were removing the heatsink? Or how did they bend while in the board? Just trying to get a mental image on the situation since you said it was while removing the HSF.