Bending pins really sucks.

[Needitcooler]

So I received my new 2.4c from Newegg the other day, and upon opening the box I noticed the pins looked funny. Turns out like 3 of them were slightly bent. I was too impatient to RMA and wait for a new one, so I took to the task of bending those pins back straight. Man, was that about the most difficult task I have ever undertaken. My eyeballs are still buggin out of my head.

 

[cack01]

If it ever happens again, you can use a credit card to help straighten them.

 

[Needitcooler]

Excellent suggestion. I used the tip of a pen. It really sucked.

 

[Brunt]

lol...I have had this before, I used a butterknife..whatever works!

 

[Cheng]

I did this with a pair of tweasers...and it actually still worked! But it sucked, so I got my rightfully deserved RMA....

 

[Zuzzz]

BENT pins are one thing. . . . I remember a horror story or two where, in the attempt to straighten them, pins have borken off. . :O . . . WATCH them pins folks

 

[Steve978]

best thing is a pencil if you ask me

 

[Aslan]

I used a credit card as well, it worked, but it was still annoying and a total pain. However, I'm sure it was easier than using tweezers or a pen tip

 

[Needitcooler]

To begin with I tried using my tongue, but that didn't work too well.

 

[Tc3 Toad]

I use a .5 mechanical pencil and stick the pin where the lead goes on the front and it works pretty good

 

[Needitcooler]

That's an even better suggestion, and you are from Lynnwood which makes it the best suggestion ever.

I grew up in Mill Creek.

 

[Sterculus]

The last time that I had bent pins I used tweezers.
The mechanical pencil idea is a great one, I'll definitally try that next time I need to fix a bent pin.

 

[bigfoot]

last time i bent some pins i just used my finger nales, it seamed easy for me, but yea that machanical pencil sounds like a great way to do it also.

PS: i just noticed that A LOT of people in this thread lives in western washingtion, i live in kent btw. but hey, since everyone lives so dang close, if someone hears about any big LAN party's, let me know!

 

[Lord_Zoltan]

ME: Do not try and bend the pins. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.

YOu: What truth?

ME: There is no pin.

You: There is no pin?

Me: Then you'll see, that it is not the pin that bends, it is only yourself.


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yes i love the matrix that much!!!, if your having trouble figuring what im talking about its whre neo talks to the kid with the spoon, instead of spoon i MODED IT! to be the pins of the cpu..
OH YA IM A TRUE GEEK!

 

[altec]

I used a razor blade to bend the pins on my 1700 back into place. Worked like a charm...

 

[Greasy Burger]

I used my left nipple to fix the pins on my xp1800+

 

[Needitcooler]

Is your left nipple that much harder than your right? THat is wonderful.

I only said I lived in W Washington. I got the hell out as soon as I graduated High School in 96. Cascade High. Woo Hoo. Now live in S Cali. The weather is exponetially better.

 

[countermods]

had bent pins on my old 1.7ghz p4 used the plug from my tv to get them straight took forever thoe

 

[JoT]

Had a single bent pin on my 1700+ when it arrived in the mail today; just grabbed the pair of needlenose pliers that happened to be within reach, and very carefully bent it back into place. Worked great

 

[Yodums]

I used tweezers I think on my old T-Bird 850. I was really shook, if I bent them too much they'd snap off.