Q: I highly doubt i bent the pen on inserting the cpu as it was running for just short of a year fine, now when i looked the pin was bent fully sideways and barely hanging on (I tried to fix it and it fell off, but that was predictable). There is a small burn on the plastic of the socket. What could have caused the pin to bend? and, is my motherboard going to be fine? I already ordered a new cpu. btw it was an asus m2n4 sli board w/ amd 5400
A: The mobo should be okay. Pins usually get bent while being installed; if it isn't moved in can't really get bent. I've had them get bent when switching a mobo with the old style locking arm zif socket. Sometimes the cpu sticks to the heatsink and gets damaged.