How I quickly and easily FIXED 2 Ryzen 2700X CPUs with BENT Pins 

Also another tip before removing the cooler on the amd, run a light stresstest, the thermal paste will be softer, and cooler will be easier to remove.

Been fixing bent pins since the 486 days. Old mechanical pencil to bend the pins back and then use an old credit card to check for trueness from every direction on the rows themselves. Fixed hundreds of "dead" processors this way over the years. :)

Ryzen 2700x : no I don't want to Screwdriver : cmon just the tip

process actually starts at 4:00 for anyone here trying to just straighten their pins. Technique worked for me, thanks very much indeed.

A credit card is really great to get the rows to line up. They fit perfect between the pins and move a whole row at once, really good for that final touch and get them perfect. Also the pins fit inside the tip of a mechanical pencil with no lead good 360 control if your careful. Love the TYC!

For most bend pins, i use a sewing needle, it fits between the pins, and a few times in both directions, and the pins are straight again. Quick and easy tip.

My friend smacked his ryzen 3 1200 into his case while removing it from the cooler. He bent over half the pins. After 3 hours of work I was able to get them all back and only lost 2 pins. CPU still works perfectly fine to today. And if you are wondering why I wasted time with a 1200, I did it to help my friend and I did it to have some fun.

Ayy I ended up fixing some Ryzen 3s and I got them for over half off. I just used a razor and tweezers and they ran just fine!

You do a really good job of making the viewer feel included and like I'm taking the journey with you in all your videos. When you do the used parts hunts and say things like "let's see if they take OUR offer" or "hopefully they like OUR bid and call US back" I always find myself feeling like I do when I'm actually in that spot and hoping they call you back lol. I love it. 🍻🍻🍻

If you are having a hard time in putting them in, just position the cpu parallel to you eyes to easily tell if they're still bent a bit

They said they "Linus" them 😂😂

Great video! Two of my friends dropped their brand new Ryzen 5 3600's so I had to fix both of them.

I also had a i7-6700K someone gave me for free when they bought parts from me. The guy had inserted it backwards into the board. The board socket was toast but I got the 6700K to work. I had to literally bend a corner of the CPU since it's LGA. Once I straightened it out, it worked perfectly. Pretty crazy what CPU's can survive.

I like using a mechanical pencil tip to bend pins back in place

As for a final check for straightness, I slide a thin credit card down the row to make sure all the pins line up. Worked great on Phenom II and FX processors, haven't had to yet on Ryzen

I've straightened many a bent pin and even soldered a few, luckily they were on the edge so it wasn't too difficult. I use a credit card to check alignment after straightening them.

My heart feels like it's going to explode this is practically live brain surgery

Absolutely saved me. Tried installing my new processor only to drop it as I took it out of the box, bent an entire row of pins. I was sure my goose was cooked - thanks to your helpful guide and two hours or careful CPU surgery I'm proud to say I fully fixed my CPU! Slotted in nicely and posted fine, I've been running benchmarks on it all day and it's going strong, even overclocked with no issues!

Tech yes City is a gaming PC legend 😂

I've been down this road, things I've learned. Do not use the pre-applied paste on AMD supplied coolers, wipe it off and apply something else. It can be like super glue hard to remove, I had room to twist and pull, made no difference, it wasn't moving. Ended up bending many pins on my R 2600 as it came out of the socket with the cooler. Bent most of them back, but 4 broke off completely after trying to straighten. Thought I was screwed, looked for CPU pin wiring diagrams (no luck there), decided to reinstall and give it a go, works perfect, even with 4 broken pins. Used a magnifying glass and if you have the right size mechanical pencil, use the empty tip. And nice work with that screwdriver! When you get older and lose your eyesight that becomes much more difficult.

This is too brutal, razor blade between rows, gently passing few times, that way you dont bend the other way, just up

Bryan, these are the exact sorts of videos I come to your channel for. I learn something, enjoy watching, and appreciate the company. You're doing great work for the community. Thank you.

Just tried this method to sort out half a dozen bent pins on a r5 1600 - it took a bit of patience but it worked! I began wondering as I was going through the motions if a straight razor might have been more efficient for lining up bent pins to the other pins in the row. Good stuff all the same and thanks for showing me it can be done (with a little tech yes loving)

Required - 20/20 vision beside screwdriver.

Massive thanks for this, had a ben pin on a 5900X, and following this guide has got it happily back into the AM4 board without any sticking, just dropped in.

I like using a razor blade or a cutter blade, the razor blade is just slightly stiffer than the pins so I find them easier to use

I got my R5 2600 pins bent before removing the MB from the case. Bent the pins by removing the Cooler. Realigned the pins with a 1mm pin needle. It booted. I had this confidence of doing this because of you. More power to ya Sir!

Me : heart beating intentsifies

@Tech YES City there is the credit card method to straighten the pins as you can line up the pins straight and let the socket straighten the pins further. We use this method when I was working for companies that were building PCs.

I wanted to change my thermal paste and ended up ripping the cpu right from the socket with a few bent pins. I used your method to straighten out the pins and lucky for me, the cpu and mobo was still good. Thanks a bunch!

This brings back some memories. Worked at a job where a guy knocked a bunch of P4's off a workbench and I had to bend them all back. I used the same method back then. Tiny jewelers flat head. Excellent video man. Too many people think if they even get bent slightly, the CPU's done.

Done this myself when selling my old R3 1200. It had a few bent pins from not handling it carefully. It's hard to make them out with the naked eye, even under a lamp, but after a few minutes I was able to put them all back. I used a small switchblade (it was think enough to fit between the pins) and a small screwdriver.

I'm watching this video after bending my pins pulling off my cooler from 3600

Just got a 5800x dirt cheap has about 4-5 slight bent pins. This video makes me feel better about trying to fix it. Ordered a powered magnifying glass and some super small tools. wish me luck.

I tried to fix a pin on my 5600x, that i dropped when i got it (on a table). I used a tool from my ifixit kit, it worked, but it was a bit hard to put it in the socket. Today when i was trubleshooting my pc, i tried to make the pin straighter, which ended up bending more pins. Your video saved me.

I had the same nightmare with my 3900x (stuck to the stock cooler), got lucky and only had to bend 2 pins back. I used a few different knife blades and flat blade screw drivers, since it's nice and easy to get between the rows while stiff enough to apply pressure with. Once you get the pins straight enough to drop in the socket takes care of the rest, hardest part is keeping your hands steady when the cost of replacement and lack of availability is hanging over your head

CPUs are much tougher than people give credit for. Bending pins back shouldn't be a problem. This is a good method, thanks Bryan.

I was taking off an Asetek AIO on my 5800X and it ripped the CPU out of the socket and bent the pins. It was the most stressful 5 minutes of my life but this video saved my life and $440

"I wish I were a mad man, so maybe......* Bring it back!

I've been perfecting the art of pin straightening thanks to starting my PC building endeavor on Athlon XP socket A chips. I've managed to snag an FX 6300 for $30 due to bent pins and it worked flawlessly after "repair". I used to use thin cards and ball point pen sockets

i used a sewing needle for my buddies bent athron 64 cpu, and suprisingly is full proof as ive done it multiple times after!

Just an hour ago when i came home, i opened my CPU box to check out my brand new CPU that arrived 2 days ago. I noticed that a few pins bent, because yesterday i put the CPU in the plastic cover the wrong way, and i didn't notice it yesterday. Luckily, a relative of mine gave me a box of that exact same screwdriver kit, because i told him i'm building a new PC, and that i needed small and big screwdrivers for it. So i got lucky this time, i'll be building the pc in 3 days, that's when the GPU will arrive. Let's hope all the touching i did won't do anything to the PC, and that the CPU will work fine.

I was 250 miles away from home fixing a computer for a family member who had bent the pins. It was an old 8350 FX. I ended up using a real thin plastic card and to be honest with you I didn't think I could do it. It works big :-)

I used to use a mechanical pencil with the same diameter as the pins and would bend them back to normal. This has worked well.

if i hadn't seen this video then i would have never been able to fix my proc, was planning to throw it in the bin but now its fixed, thanks man for the great content.

Thanks so much for this video, i managed to bend the pins on my 5600x and was able to get them bent back into shape and working.

Best method is to use a mechanical pencil with a long metal lead tube tip, remove lead, put the pin in the tip, and use the whole pencil to slowly bend the pin back. Been doing this since the athlon/phenom days. In fact I have a pentel drafting pencil I keep around specifically for cpu pins.

I've previously used a retractable pencil to straighten bent pins on Intel CPU's, worked well

Saved a RYZEN 1200 that I got for $40 with the cooler. I used the same technique. This is not the first time I have fixed a CPU with this method either. Patience Patience Patience!!! TYC always love the content m8 :)

Always enjoy your videos as they are so differernt than the other tech videos.

I had a Phenom II 555 BE, It had several pins broken off and some bent. I straightened the pin using some solid but thin tweezers. What I did was passed the two tweezers hands around some 8-10 pins on the x-axis and then repeated on the y-axis. Worked like a charm. I used this CPU unlocked to X4 B55 for 3 or 4 years. The broken pins were either blank or extra ground pins. Amd is smart enough to put less important pins, the ground ones and server use only pins on the outer rim of the cpu. That's my experience. If you want I could even send you the Phenom for inspection.

sadly this vid is released two weeks after i tried to bend, and broke a pin off my ryzen 3700x. i stuck a bit of a broken off needle into socket and it works

I just fixed a Phenom X4 9850 with many bent pins today, i got it working and is currently in my Windows 7 PC.

I never leave comments, but this legit saved me like £200. Thanks man.

Success. Thanks for the advice! Headlamp and soldering stand with magnifier made the process easier for me.

Hey Bryan. Good work! I've used the same technique on an X58 motherboard that now works fine. I also tried it on Vga extension cable but the pins were so bent 1 broke off. So I cut a piece of jewelry wire about the same gauge and used that to make the last connection to my projector and it works fine! Remember to think outside of the box. Cheers, Mon from Brisbane

Done this many times. I use a Stanley blade because I feel there is less chance of slipping and damaging other pins. Worked every time.

Been using PCI slot covers to straiten out pins for years, they are the exact thickness of the spacing between the pins

This video helped me when I discovered three pins on my 5950x, on the outer side of the processor, was bent

Not sure if my brand new 3600 came with few bent pins or my father somehow managed to bend them while putting the cpu in the slot, but I've managed to straighten them up with a sewing needle since these screwdrivers were just too big imo. Took me almost 2 hours to bend few pins back since i was nervous of breaking them off.

I have done this before, just need good hands, good eyes & lots of patience. The hardest fix I did was a B250 Motherboard that someone dropped a CPU on the Socket & bent several Pins over. I managed to fix it with a Small Flat Head Screw Driver & an Exacto Knife with the tip bent in a very small hook shape.

I just fixed my son's cpu bent pins with a razor blade and sewing needle! Needle lifted the real bent ones nicely, then the razor to straighten out the rows, phew.. success.

Me with my all bent pin master piece

I use a Stanley razor blade across all pins - it creates a flush line to bend against - very good method. - There are also Pin Bending tools you can buy which work well as they go over the pin/ insert the pin so maximum Control as brian stated...

Thank you, it worked for me, but not as quick I bent more pins in the process, but anyway it is all fixed now I used my Stihl chainsaw carb screw driver.... works perfect. BTW a tiny bit of pressure helped seat it.... that is probably why I took a long time.

Also, if that case of the CPU still doesn't go in at one corner despite you tried your best to bend the pins straight, sometimes instead of inspecting it all over again, trying to (very, very gently) fit that corner into the socket first will get it to fit in, and you just tighten the socket to completely bend the pin back

mechanical pencil works wonders too if u put the pin in where the lead comes out u get great control dad fixed my amd cpu that i bent pins on somehow

The tray can bend your pins if you put your cpu in wrong way. Happened to my 5800x. Used similar type of screwdriver to rebend the bins to it's original shape. It worked perfectly.

I love the bending music!

Using a knife works well.Especially helps avoid bending the pins too far, as the surrounding pins will stop the knife

I recently had the same issue with a 2700x that someone put in the mainboard. Managed to bend a bunch back fully bent over. Found tweezers and a razor blade worked the best for me.

bought a Ryzen 2700X with bent pins for $30 dollars, seller gave me a 16gb kit of Corsair Vengeance 2133mHz for $10, plus a 1300X for free last week. Best day ever.

I remember two pins falling off my old Athlon XP 2600+ trying to straighten them. Just dropped the pins into the correct socket holes and applying more pressure on the CPU before locking it in. Always worked. Wonder if it would work on a more modern AMD CPU ? Can't see why not.

Thank you for the great Video. I was able to save my ryzen 3600. 1 pin was bent into into the cpu almost 90°. I Used a needle and for everyone a tipp to see it better. Use your phone camera. There you can really see if you place it as the edge of your table, 30-40 cm away with zoom. Thank you again. Made my day

I think a better tool is a mechanical pencil with a metal tube for the lead. It slides right over the pins and then you just bend them back in place. Done!

Never thought it was possible to bend back cpu pins back good video

Use a craft knife (Stanley blade) you can bend the pins back inline with the rest as you work and they are so precise and you don’t use a lot of pressure to bend them so it’s nice and gentle

So i couple of tips i just learned from unbending the pins on My phenom X6 965. First look for and try to take care of the "obviously" bendy ones, seccond i'll assume Ryzen CPUs have more pins a there for a smaller gap betwen the pins, Jay from JayzTwoCents used a Razor for unbending the pins, that was far too small for my older CUP but i found out that a regular plastic guitar pick was perfect for the job, third if even after you took care of the most bendy pins, the CPU wont go in, that means that "all" pins are ever so slightly bended, but resist the urge to cry and you guitar pick to slowly crias cross the CPU opins, going line by line making sure that all pins are straight, after that it should gon right in. And That's it! Now you are free to cry from the stress and hopefully feel quite proud of your self. But the main thing is to be calm, it's not the end of the world as you may think it is, just take your time do it slowly and you can make it.

I bent the pins on my old ryzen cpu the exact same way. Cooler took the cpu with it and I dropped it not even knowing the cpu was still attached. Luckily it was only 2-3 pins on the side.

_As an anecdote._ When I was ready to change the Wraith Prism for an AIO, I didn't use my PC for 2 days (so imagine the thermal paste ...), when I was about to remove the Prism I remembered the method of turning it a little bit and suddenly ... The Prism comes out with my 2700x attached to it ... I think it's one of the 5 times I have been most scared in my tech life, so after a bit of movement I can take it off and observe the worst, like 10 bent pins. So with a needle I prepared to bend them (it is not my first time, since I do it regularly with LGA but it was my first time with PGA), after about 20-25min and with tears in my eyes, for me surprise my 2700x still works without any problem . In summary or TL; DR: do a CPU test to leave the CPU / paste / Cooler warm, be careful -with this bitch- Wraith Prism (or the little brothers for that matter) and if you have a bent pin or pins BE PATIENT because if they are not broken, they can still be repaired/bend back. Great video.

I just bent some pins on a brand new Ryzen 5 3600 like some kind of moron, and this was the most useful guide I found for getting them back into shape. It boots! Thank you!! 😁

I've made your mistake on the 3900x twice now... My heart stopped. I warmed it up with a stress test, did the jiggle(may have been a mistake in the end) and it still came out with my Noctua D15, 3 corner pins bent out the gate. Then after managing to get it off the cooler with a hair drier twisting it I drop it inside my case bending the opposite corner. 30 minutes of bending with a sewing needle until it sat flush... with a tap at the end. All good so far. I can't wait for AMD to switch, AM4 is held in by a garbage slide mechanism relying on friction. Well now the pins are thin with less surface area and shiny gold plated copper to begin with, I can't change the cooler without risking pulling it out of the socket. The cooler and processor are one now as far as I'm concerned.

I like to use sowing pins for straightening out PGAs. The ones I have here fit perfectly between the bases of the bent pin and its unbent neighbour. I push it through for a couple of mms, then slowly raise the sowing pin from the substrate. Because the sowing pin is guided by multiple straight pins in the two rows alongside it, this will usually put the bent pin back about 80-90% to its original position, at most needing small adjustments to fit back into the socket.

I recall I dropped a Phenom II X2 some years back. Used a knife blade down the aisle between the rows of pins to slowly lever them back straight.

I use a razor blade as it will straighten up the bent pin until it hits the row of straight pins in the same row, its quick and painless and doesn't require really steady hands that trying to bend individual pins usually pretty difficult.

I like using an xacto knife. Makes it easy to run it thru the rows as well to verify

A box cutter blade is good for lining them up in their rows also, as a final tweak.

Great vid. One little suggestion. If you have one or a friend, try putting a notch little ways up length of screwdriver. That way you have more control over the pin not sliding off the rounded edge, hope you get what I meant. I'd use a chisle(tiny and sharp(fingers beware)) to make notch, Dremel tool only if your really good at it. Not surprised they don't make a real tool for this. Keep on keepin on.

I bought an open box CPU (used warehouse deals) that was about $100 off, but failed to mention bent pins, but it had three or four bent with one bent severely down at 90 degrees. I thought about sending it back, but then decided to give it a try. In the old days we used credit cards, but the Ryzen's pins are too close together to fit a card in between them and for the 90 degree flat pin I used a safety pin because the better ones are made of spring steel and the only way to get in between the substrate and the pin is with the sharp point of a sewing needle or safety pin (the safety pin has a built in handle unlike a sewing needle so it's easier to grip near the coil). I place the cpu upside down in a soft edge (plastic or rubber type insert grips) vise so it's secure but not so tight it gets damaged. Barely put the needle point past the pin in so it falls away while coming up thus keeping you from over-bending the pin the other direction like we see several times with the screw driver - as that weakens the pin going back and forth. As you rock the needle down below the edge of the cpu like a teeter totter at the nearest edge the pin comes up off the substrate. It's better to do just a little at a time to keep from going too far or breaking it off. Rock with the spring steel pin gives you power and leverage without too much force and only having the tip slightly in keeps you from over bending as well. Then you re-position and do it again just barely putting the needle past the pin so you are only moving the pin slightly with each rocking motion. I find I have much more precise control using the rocking method over free hand and thus I'm not constantly having to correct the pin from over bending like we see in this video - lessening the chance of breakage.

Brian, I use a very thin knife blade, thereby sliding the blade in a whole row horizontally. It makes it easier to align and straighten with less chance of over bend

razor blade works well. been using that for alot of pga cpus, you can also get plastic razor blazes if worried about scratching. on launch bent 2 pins on my 1700.

G'day Brian, Dr. B was an apt term for straightening CPU/Socket pins as you have to have lots of 'patients'

You can take long thin flat piece of metal (like razor for knife but not sharp) and put it for whole length of your CPU between pins and carefully just bend it straight directly to another pins in same line.

How I accidentally bent my pins is my Ryzen 3 got stuck to my heatsink, I didn't use the right method to get it off (using a hair dryer and slowly pushing it off with a flathead screwdriver) and I just plopped it back on in the new motherboard I was swapping it into, and I bent a few pins, thanks for making this video, I'll try this method. Hopefully I can save myself time and money using this

I fixed phenom ll with all pins bent using a knife 😅 and surprisingly it worked really well

didn't want to wait for amd to send me a boot kit, so I bought a ryzen 3 1200 off ebay, lucky for me it arrived with bent pins and I got a full refund and was able to keep it. I enjoyed fixing those bent pins, getting something for free and making it work just feels so damn good.

Yea had an amd cpu like this except over 50 were bent maybe more all in giant sections

Literally exactly what happened to me this evening. CPU looks fine. Might rma board. Was having so many issues from get-go anyway.

Great tip to do the wiggle when removing cooler.

razor blades are a really good tool to use. you can bed very easily and it works double as a good check it the pins are straight enough. I fixed my 2700x doing this