Actually P4 2G processors are hazardous waste. Send it to me and I will
dispose of it free of charge.

"Johnny Hallyday" <johnnyhalliday2000@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> We bought a Systemax P4 2.0 gig system from Office Depot about 2
> months ago and started having boot problems - i.e. would not boot. I
> could have taken it back to Office Depot but there was data on the
> hard drive with code we did not want to let out - everything is backed
> up.
>
> I decided to buy a motherboard to see if that would solve the problem.
> I found a replacement board by the same manufacturer etc. I had one
> of our guys who is pretty good take it apart. He got the old MB out
> and put the new one in. He then had to install the P4 on the new
> board. The big heatsink is on the chip with the thermal tape. It is
> usually fairly easy to seat a CPU w/o a heatsink or with the older P3
> and older Pentiums. The P4's pins are super tiny and incredibly
> fragile.
>
> He said he had the clamp on the MB slot correct and was careful but
> bent the pin.
>
> The questions are:
>
> 1. Should I just take it in to a shop to fix it? $50 to 80 bucks? I
> may have them check the boot problem too. Hopefully the motherboard
> solved that. What is the repair or service cost per hour I should
> expect? We considered taking the chip to a jeweler to fix the pin.
> Still the jeweler who not know how to plug the chip in.
>
> How do assemblers put these boxes together with these super fragile
> pins?
>
> 2. Should I try to fix the pin with tweezers and magnifying glass?
>
> 3. How do you carefully and super delicately seat/install the P4 chip
> into the slot with the big bulky headsink. It sure looks like if you
> try to separate the heatsink and cpu with a straight razor blade
> cutting the thermal tape that you will wreck the CPU.
>
> Any guys or gal out there who do this daily have any tips?
>
> Sorry if I am crossposting. Just trying to get some ideas. Thanks.

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