First post, by Kahenraz
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- l33t
I bought a collection of CPUs from eBay and all of them had bent pins, some quote severe. I was able to bend most of them back using a mechanical pencil and a lot of patience but the very worst was a 486DX-50. I do not have a photo of it but one of the pins was completely folded over at almost 90 degrees!
I was able to straighten all but two pins which snapped off at the base. The CPU otherwise looked fine and the break was clean so I decided to try and repair it.
Unfortunately, I do not have a 486 to test it in but I suspect that it will work just fine since the damage was purely mechanical.
I dare say that the repair job is stronger than any of the original pins.
Here are the results.