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Bent Pins?

reyn0183
Level 7

I recently bought a "ASUS - TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (Socket AM5) AMD X670E ATX DDR5 Wi-Fi 6E Motherboard" from BestBuy for a PC upgrade. The 9800x3d for it has not come in yet, but I wanted to confirm the pins were nice before waiting for my chip. I opened the box and flipped up the guard to check and I'm not sure if this is bent pins, a missing pin on the 4th one, or if this is what it is meant to look like..

Also, I'm unable to understand the am5 pin map.. does anyone know what that 4th pin down does? That one seems to be the worst, like it's missing or something.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!asus tuf bent pins.jpg

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Keith_Raynor
Level 7

Easy fix. Take a good strong needle and ease the pin back over into position. Check its down position when done to ensure it does not contact the other pins. It only needs to make contact with the pad on processor to function correctly. It should be a ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM5   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Socket_AM5_pinmap.svg