i just found a neat little trick...<BR><BR>i have quite a little collection of socket 7 pentiums, and k6/k6-2 cpus, and admittidly some of the pins were bent on some of them. i used to painstakingly ...

I just finished replacing my CPU going from an AMD Ryzen 2600 to a Ryzen 3800X. I've always known AMD platforms to be a pain when removing the CPU, normally resulting in bent CPU pins. So, I decided ...

Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

On New Year's Eve der8auer published a video where he shared his analysis of the Coffee Lake controversy. In his signature style der8auer decided to look at the issue using a very hands-on approach, ...

EAGAN, MN—Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new LGA socket addressing high performance requirements for 1.016mm pitch devices—SBT-LGA-9019. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 19 gram ...

Got a new/refurb mobo from Intel for my new server.<br>God-dam thing was broken and in fact I thought it also killed one of my cpus.<br>One of the pins from my P3 was left inside the socket !!!! - ...