Bent Pins on a 486 DX2 66

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Reply 20 of 23, by Windows9566

Posted on 2019-05-20, 22:36

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my 486 dx 33 was horribly bent, worse than your dx2 66, luckily i got them unbent with a mechanical pencil and a ISA/PCI slot bracket.

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Reply 21 of 23, by Unknown_K

Posted on 2019-05-21, 02:58

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I use a heavy needle between the rows and just lift up for very bent pins. After that I use a CPU pry bar I got with a 68040 Mac upgrade and use that to finish straitening up slightly crooked pins. Anything strong straight and thin will do.

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Reply 22 of 23, by Jed118

Posted on 2019-05-21, 03:20

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I use an exacto knife blade or a razor to get the whole row out at once. I've also dealt with CPUs that looked like someone had stomped on them and gotten them back to working condition. This is nothing 😉

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Reply 23 of 23, by bjwil1991

Posted on 2019-05-21, 04:03

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I had a couple of pins on my DX4-100 OverDrive processor that were slightly bent.

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