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Drunken Motherboard Repair???

219 views · Published 5 October 2015 · 8:48 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: jaykay18 · 2015 · Howto & Style

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Originally recorded September 4, 2015.

Alyssa and Rob brought me an old AMD motherboard with a Phenom II processor.  The processor "glued itself" to the heatsink, and the processor was ripped out of the socket without being released properly from the ZIF socket.  Fortunately only 1 pin was slightly bent in this process.

The next task (already having sampled the wine for the chili I was making quite nicely) was removing the processor from the heatsink.  I was trying to be lazy and avoid going to the garage (possibly falling and killing myself in the process) by using a butterknife, but it didn't end up working out.  

Made it through the gauntlet in the garage and got the screwdriver.  Perhaps this isn't the best way, but it was the way I was taught.  Popped right off the heatsink no problem, and got the chip reinstalled on the board.

Little did I know the board, chip, and heatsink were being made a gift to me.  Now all I need is some DDR3 RAM to test it out to see if it works.  Big, big proponent of old technology here, which is why I don't have any RAM.  Still need to dig around for the power supply, but I certainly do have a system I can steal it from if need be.  If I can make it work I believe I have a case I can mount the board into, and have another computer I have no use for.

Even after sampling the wine, I still manage to get things done.

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