P5B Deluxe has bent socket pins

**Fr3akyPete** · 10-05-2008, 08:13 AM

Hey guys,
I auctioned a P5B Deluxe mobo on ebay.
I got it for cheap, because there are a few bent pins in the socket.
Can somebody help me to get it fixed?
(And is it possible at all to get it back working again?)

What should I do?

Thank you!

**NeverMore** · 10-05-2008, 08:24 AM

If I remember correctly, I think I remember reading about taking the lead out of mechanical pencils, and using the tip of the mechanical pencil to bend the pins back.

Just an idea, lol.

**Fr3akyPete** · 10-05-2008, 08:47 AM

Okay, I don't have a mechanical pencil here.
Maybe I'll try it with a needle.

What could be worst case scenario when I put in a f.e. Celeron and switch the mobo on?

**~~philbrown23~~** · 10-05-2008, 10:14 AM

worst case nothing happens best case it starts up.

**Fr3akyPete** · 10-05-2008, 10:23 AM

@philbrown23

Thanks, good to know.
I thought maybe the CPU gets a short or something....

**TheGanG** · 10-05-2008, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by NeverMore

If I remember correctly, I think I remember reading about taking the lead out of mechanical pencils, and using the tip of the mechanical pencil to bend the pins back.

Just an idea, lol.

Yes it works good, with a good lens (lupe)...

**dj.oxa** · 10-05-2008, 11:34 AM

Same thing here, fix those pins & wont boot up

**Planet** · 10-05-2008, 11:43 AM

Mechanical pencil was for cpus like 478, AM2, 939 with pins etc. You can RMA to Asus and send them a check for 40 bucks and they will replace the socket.

**eternaljammer** · 10-05-2008, 06:32 PM

wow, I can't believe there is no way to fix it manually.

**Loser777** · 10-05-2008, 06:36 PM

Just try using some tweezers or something to gently bend them back... of course it won't be 100% perfectly realigned, but it should be enough to get the board functional.

**Slovnaft** · 10-05-2008, 07:23 PM

man you got lucky, those are pretty mildly bent pins. i tried doing this once but the socket i got was too well mangled.
Use really good magnification--i used a jeweler's lens and these really fine tweezers; i'm not sure what they were intended for, but it definitely was not fingernails =]

**jason str** · 10-05-2008, 07:35 PM

A hypodermic needle works the best i think you have more control than tweezers, just look for one to fit over the pin be sure to pick up the blunt edge type and not the long pointy tip. Just slip over the pin and carefully straighten as you go along.

**T_M** · 10-05-2008, 08:27 PM

I just use fine tweezers and good ol' human eye sight.
Yank em till they look like they'll make contact - not till they are pretty

**Fr3akyPete** · 10-06-2008, 04:31 AM

Dear ladies and gentlemen,
may I present you FRANKENBOARD !!!!!

It's awaken from the dead and alive!

I fixed the pins with an ordinary needle, didn't expect it to work, but it does.
Put a Celeron D331, 2GB G.Skill 6400 GBHZ and a passive 7300GS in and my singlestage on top.