Bent pins on CPU - still alive!

[D|sElMiNk]

My screwdriver accidentally slipped while I was decasing my P][350, and I bent three of the pins (they look like a C now) on the ic that sits in the center at the back. It looks like one of them has gotten in contact with another pin...but I don't know how fatal this is...

After all - I'm typing this am I not

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[Mbeach]

As long as it works and don't have contact with other pins it shouldn't be a prob...
The pins withstand more than you can imagine...

[sven256]

yes same thing happened to me just use a knife to leaver the pins back in line do it slowly though so you dont snap them and it should be fine

[D|sElMiNk]

Well, it works as it is now, so I'm not going to touch it in fear of ****ing it up any more (check my P3V4X thread and you'll see why)

[#Rotor]

check it out, you might have accidentally unlocked the multiplier by what you did... heheh with your luck, that's a good possibility

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[Paragon]

I once threw my athlon 700 at a wall because it wouldn't work for anything... it left a nice impression for the back side of the cpu along with a couple of resistors.. i soldered them back on and Voila it works like a champ... something must've been loose...

[D|sElMiNk]

Nah - the multiplier was unlocked by the SEL #100/66 option set to low, haven't noticed any other problems with it yet..clocks just as high as before.

Maybe the leads in contact are both ground leads