Re: Behavior of Faulty IC's
Yes.
I've repaired and made my own brackets and holders for both Intel and AMD boards.
Here is one fairly recent example:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=520
And another one:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=716
I also had the top plastic part of an AMD retention bracket break off once. FYI, PVC glue works very well for certain computer plastics - mainly for ABS and sometimes PC (polycarbon). Whatever you glue with that will hold as if the plastic never broke.
Yes.

Here is one fairly recent example:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=520
And another one:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=716
I also had the top plastic part of an AMD retention bracket break off once. FYI, PVC glue works very well for certain computer plastics - mainly for ABS and sometimes PC (polycarbon). Whatever you glue with that will hold as if the plastic never broke.
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