If your AMD CPU has bent pins, you may not be entirely out of luck -- even if the pins are smashed flat. Here's how we brought back two CPUs from otherwise-lethal injuries. Share on Facebook (opens in ...

My processor stuck to my heatsink upon removal last night and some of the pins bent. I am not happy.<BR>Amd 3200 chip that does 2.65ghz.<BR>I tried with a tweezer but not good enough. Any ideas? Only ...

i just found a neat little trick...<BR><BR>i have quite a little collection of socket 7 pentiums, and k6/k6-2 cpus, and admittidly some of the pins were bent on some of them. i used to painstakingly ...

Q: What’s the proper way to remove a cooler from a CPU? I don’t want to accidentally rip the CPU out of the socket and bend the pins. Usually warming up the thermal paste before unmounting a CPU ...