I recently bought a motherboard and CPU combo, but it has a couple of broken pins. I got it because the motherboard was cheap and I thought it was an ITX, so I figured it was worth the risk. I've managed to remove one pin that got stuck in the socket, and I'm hopeful the motherboard is still functional. However, the CPU is missing two pins: one is DATA 53 (MB_DQS_L[5]), which might be replaceable, but I'm not sure if I have the skills to do that. On the other hand, the VSS pin is permanently gone and it's even caused some damage by ripping a hole in the PCB beneath the CPU. This has me wondering if all the VSS pins need to be connected for it to work properly.
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Honestly, just try firing it up without any repairs first. If it doesn’t post, that’s the worst-case scenario. If it does boot, then you can start running some tests to see what’s still working. I once had an AM4 CPU with loads of pins missing, and it ended up being functional, except one memory channel was dead and the PCIe GPU slot needed to be set to x8 manually.
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