The very first time I built a computer, I did so with a more experienced friend, but I still managed to bend the hell out of the pins. I also had nowhere near the means to acquire new hardware, nor any kind of support contract that would provide it, as I was an individual. (There was a warranty but it didn’t cover customer incompetence.) My friend took the damaged part and, over about two days, very carefully bent the pins back to straight using, I think, a credit card and a small knife. Unlike the tech you described, though, he didn’t adjust the pins individually; instead he mostly did it row by row and very gently.
Once he was done, we installed it and it did indeed work. I think that system was my gaming computer for a few years before I upgraded again and, this time, installed everything with great care.
If it was me on my own, I’d absolutely have done the same thing. Using two credit cards or something like that. I’m really glad that worked for you. And, from experience, some processors/slots had very difficult fits. Where you tighten the hold down and just clench your butthole.
The very first time I built a computer, I did so with a more experienced friend, but I still managed to bend the hell out of the pins. I also had nowhere near the means to acquire new hardware, nor any kind of support contract that would provide it, as I was an individual. (There was a warranty but it didn’t cover customer incompetence.) My friend took the damaged part and, over about two days, very carefully bent the pins back to straight using, I think, a credit card and a small knife. Unlike the tech you described, though, he didn’t adjust the pins individually; instead he mostly did it row by row and very gently.
Once he was done, we installed it and it did indeed work. I think that system was my gaming computer for a few years before I upgraded again and, this time, installed everything with great care.
If it was me on my own, I’d absolutely have done the same thing. Using two credit cards or something like that. I’m really glad that worked for you. And, from experience, some processors/slots had very difficult fits. Where you tighten the hold down and just clench your butthole.