Hello,
a few days ago i decided to buy an Asrock 775 4COREDUAL VSTA mainboard from a friend. However, when he uninstalled the board from his case and removed his CPU, he somehow damaged the empty cpu socket.
After a close look i found out that actually two pins (D4 and D5) where damaged.
Its looks like the upper parts of the contact plates broke off, so they have no contact to the CPU.
Since now he refused to put his 6300 Core Duo back in the mainboard for testing, because he fears that it could be damaged. Maybe really a reason for concern? Now i wonder if it is possible that this board will run fine even without the damaged Pins. Or perhaps it is possible to repair it somehow?
A long time ago i managed to solder a broken pin back on a socket A CPU, but the pins on modern socket 775 boards are really really small.
The board was running fine before this accident, so i dont want to put it in the trash can.
docbrown
a few days ago i decided to buy an Asrock 775 4COREDUAL VSTA mainboard from a friend. However, when he uninstalled the board from his case and removed his CPU, he somehow damaged the empty cpu socket.

After a close look i found out that actually two pins (D4 and D5) where damaged.
Its looks like the upper parts of the contact plates broke off, so they have no contact to the CPU.
Since now he refused to put his 6300 Core Duo back in the mainboard for testing, because he fears that it could be damaged. Maybe really a reason for concern? Now i wonder if it is possible that this board will run fine even without the damaged Pins. Or perhaps it is possible to repair it somehow?
A long time ago i managed to solder a broken pin back on a socket A CPU, but the pins on modern socket 775 boards are really really small.
The board was running fine before this accident, so i dont want to put it in the trash can.

docbrown
Comment