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To ads-ee;
What you say all makes sense & pretty much reflects what I think, and thanks for your comments.
There seem to be a few sources in the US who do the replacement of sockets but the killer is the freight cost which makes it prohibitive. In Australia there seems to be no advertising at...
Brad the Rad;
Thanks for the info on the diy microscope. Unfortunately I don't have the inclination or the time to do a diy project, also given that the provided video has no bill of materials. It's bad enough that I have the inconvenience of trying to straighten out the pins, which already will...
To ads-ee;
For the record I have 20 years experience with most aspects of computing, including hardware, so I'm hardly wet behind the ears.
I've built numerous computers in that time & never had the problem I've experienced on this occasion, which are a few bent pins. I never said anything...
I want to attempt to repair bent/missing pins on my brand new motherboard cpu socket.
The small 25x & 200X hand held type portable microscope I have does a reasonable job viewing the pins but is not powerful enough to clearly see the complete outline of the pins to enable repair with tweezers...
I have a MSI Z370 gaming motherboard (LGA1151) that has a missing socket pin resulting from known damage.
I have searched the web relentlessly for an IR preheater that will totally preheat an ATX motherboard (not ITX) but with no success, so I have given up . I suspect that such an animal might...
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