Cpu w/broken pin

Devil_Spawn · Sep 3, 2007

hi,
my friend recently gave me an old cpu of his due to an upgrade, however the cpu has a broken/missing pin. he says it used to work.
if i am understanding AMD's documentation correctly, the pin is called

KEY 1

is this pin of any use / is it safe to use in my motherboard?

(the cpu is an athlon 64 3200+)

rdrash · Sep 3, 2007

I am not certain but I have read of people using a wire placed in the corresponding hole of the socket. You might be risking your MB and other devices though.

And :welcome:

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Devil_Spawn · Sep 3, 2007

i also have an old socket a athlon xp that i fried, would sticking one of those pins in the right place work?

MasterTelia · Sep 3, 2007

is the cpu really that good so you want to risk your mobo and what ever might get fried if its not working. you could just get a cheap cpu and overclock it like crazy

Devil_Spawn · Sep 3, 2007

ive got a 2800 athlon xp mobile
its not really much of a step up i know

how far do u think it will overclock? (stock cooling atm)

MasterTelia · Sep 3, 2007

sry i cant help you on that, dont know anything about it, so ill let some of the more experienced members help you

Devil_Spawn · Sep 3, 2007

after doing some more research apparently key pins are simply to stop the processor getting inserted into the wrong socket, so i think im gonna go for it

Femto · Sep 3, 2007

Devil_Spawn said:
after doing some more research apparently key pins are simply to stop the processor getting inserted into the wrong socket, so i think im gonna go for it

If it was just a key pin that you lost, you're probably fine.

Keep us posted.

Devil_Spawn · Sep 3, 2007

sure will,
gonna wait for a bigger heatsink/fan to arrive before i give it a go

the_cultie · Sep 3, 2007

A brother of a friend of mine accidently pulled out the CPU (FX-55) when he was removing the heatsink resulting in 3 broken pins, 2 of which remained in the socket. He soldered one of the pins back on and left the other 2 in the socket, poped it back in under in his water look at it worked well. That was 2 years ago and it's still working. So I'd say you are ok.

Spawn-Inc · Sep 3, 2007

yes amds are built tuff, i was checking out my brother computer and wanted to see a amd chip up close, never saw one before we always had intel chips. so i unclip the heatsink and go to pull it out and once i took it out i was like WTF! there was no chip, then i look at the heatsink and its still attached. i was freaking out, no pins looked to be missing or bent. i put it back in and it worked fine, still does.

if you have broken pics i would try to solder on a piece of copper wire and straighten it. not sure if the solder would affect the performance or anything so i would try it on a junk proc.

th3 · Sep 3, 2007

Devil_Spawn said:
(the cpu is an athlon 64 3200+)

...

ive got a 2800 athlon xp mobile
its not really much of a step up i know

Maybe im missing something here... You want to fit an Athlon64 into an Athlon XP socket?

Devil_Spawn · Sep 4, 2007

woah freaky, you seem to be right, however the mobo is a nvidia nforce3-a, and im sure that only comes in 754 (correct me if im wrong)

its definitely mobile, and its definitely 2800 and im sure it aint sempron lol. but i dont think it does 64 bit

ill check it out later

BenF · Sep 4, 2007

For my old p4 with a few broken pins (fell on a hardwood floor from a desk

) I was able to stick the broken pins in the socket where they were supposed to be. It booted up fine and OCed to 4ghz (was a 3.0 prescott). I'd say give it a go

Falcon-K · Sep 4, 2007

Devil_Spawn said:
woah freaky, you seem to be right, however the mobo is a nvidia nforce3-a, and im sure that only comes in 754 (correct me if im wrong)

its definitely mobile, and its definitely 2800 and im sure it aint sempron lol. but i dont think it does 64 bit

ill check it out later

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/TYPE-Mobile K8 Athlon XP-M.html

Is it one of the top two?

th3 · Sep 4, 2007

Ok, so it was me missing something then..

Devil_Spawn · Sep 5, 2007

knew it existed!

noticing the small level 2 cache also i think the xp 3200+ would be a reasonable step up

Devil_Spawn · Sep 12, 2007

well, the cpu i was using (the 2800) randomly died the day i was given the cpu 0_o

anyway... i installed it and its working fine

need better cooling though

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