AMD Athlon 3000+ Socket Problem

[Petlydecker]

Hello

I have a AMD Athlon 3000+ with a retail heatsink and fan. I a
using or was using a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 board. My nephew tried t
remove the heatsink and fan and pulled the processor right out of th
motherboard socket. The processor had about 5 pins bent. I tried t
straighten them but the motherboard just beeped after I reinstalle
everything (processor, heatsink, and fan). I bought a new AMD Athlo
3200+. My question is should I install the processor back into th
Gigabyte board or should I buy a new motherboard also. The socke
appears to be okay, visibly speaking. I would hate to install thi
new CPU into the socket and have it get damaged somehow, if th
socket is not working okay. Any help or advise would be appreciated

Thank you

Pete

 

[Charlie Wilkes]

Hello,

I have a AMD Athlon 3000+ with a retail heatsink and fan. I am
using or was using a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 board. My nephew tried to
remove the heatsink and fan and pulled the processor right out of the
motherboard socket. The processor had about 5 pins bent. I tried to
straighten them but the motherboard just beeped after I reinstalled
everything (processor, heatsink, and fan). I bought a new AMD Athlon
3200+. My question is should I install the processor back into the
Gigabyte board or should I buy a new motherboard also. The socket
appears to be okay, visibly speaking. I would hate to install this
new CPU into the socket and have it get damaged somehow, if the
socket is not working okay. Any help or advise would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Peter

The kid needs a spankin' for that yankin'. But he probably feels bad.

I suspect you would not harm anything by testing the new chip, but I
am only speculating on the basis of having gotten away with a lot of
ill-advised experiments. The best idea would be to take the old CPU
to a tech store and pay them to test it in another 939 board. If it
works, that would suggest the board is the problem. Maybe some of the
electrical contacts in the socket were damaged.

Charlie

 

[Paul]

Hello,

I have a AMD Athlon 3000+ with a retail heatsink and fan. I am
using or was using a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 board. My nephew tried to
remove the heatsink and fan and pulled the processor right out of the
motherboard socket. The processor had about 5 pins bent. I tried to
straighten them but the motherboard just beeped after I reinstalled
everything (processor, heatsink, and fan). I bought a new AMD Athlon
3200+. My question is should I install the processor back into the
Gigabyte board or should I buy a new motherboard also. The socket
appears to be okay, visibly speaking. I would hate to install this
new CPU into the socket and have it get damaged somehow, if the
socket is not working okay. Any help or advise would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Peter

I'd try reusing the motherboard. Flip the lever from opened to
closed and back again. Use a magnifying glass, and see if all
the socket holes look the same as one another, in the open and
then the closed state. Whichever 5 pins were bent, those are
the socket holes I would give the closest scrutiny.

In the postings about "yanking" incidents, where the thermal
paste or interface material did not let go, causing the
processor to come up with the heatsink, I believe the posters
were able to reuse their motherboards. I don't recollect the
sockets being damaged, but a magnifying glass should enable you
to verify that for yourself.

Paul

 

[mike]

when you put 'everything back together', did you apply some 'thermal
interface material', aka shmear, to the CPU (not too much though so it
wont' spill around the CPU)?
Does the beep sound like dadidadidadi, siren like?
Then just go to the store and get a little TMI tube (they'll ask an arm
and a leg for it, like 5 bucks or so for the .1 penny product).
No you cannot use anything else, that TMI stuff is somewhat special, not
just some cream. Sunscreen won't work.

I get this usually with the AMDs, their surface is just large enough so
that the CPU grease won't let go. Never had a damaged MB from that.

Mike