smalls101 Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 Help, i have an old PC here, and i broke a Intel Celeron 900MHz chip, only one pin is off, and i was wondering, can you still use the chip as it is?????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 No, but someone on the forums here found a guy who can fix the broken pin. Do a forum search to dind that thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 What Nemo said. If you use a VERY small tip and a VERY VERY small amount of solder, you can soldier it back on. But, if you get ANY excess creeping out, then it won't fit in the socket and/or short out the two pins which can possibly lead to chip failure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchalogamer Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 NO NO NO. Bad info, soem of the pins on a CPU do nothing, and some do thins like temp monitoring. so if you only broke one there is a good chance the CPU will still work. As for repariing i think a PIII off ebay would cost about the same after shipping nad repair but the site was http://motherboardrepair.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalls101 Posted November 25, 2004 Posted November 25, 2004 Thanks a million guys, i am not really an expert in the repairing of hardware, so thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmx Posted June 29, 2005 Posted June 29, 2005 Help, i have an old PC here, and i broke a Intel Celeron 900MHz chip, only one pin is off, and i was wondering, can you still use the chip as it is?????? 359100[/snapback] Hi, I live in China and anyone who repairs cell phones can repair a broken CPU pin, minimum is two pins. They repaired an AMD 64 3200 +. I have images if anyone is interested. Also the repair fee was $25.00 US. The reason for the minimum is because if you have more than two the recovery rate decreases. Also inner pins are usually a total lost, corners and outside row is always possible. Try finding a Cel phone repair person in your area. Best Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigr5026 Posted July 3, 2005 Posted July 3, 2005 try it, if not, use a peice of copper wire in the socket Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvaderTrax Posted July 3, 2005 Posted July 3, 2005 Just cut it ultra short (just long enough to stick over the socket) and see if that does it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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