So i found a GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard for sale on a local forum for dirt cheap listed as not working because it is missing a pin in the cpu socket.
I started diggin around and found this old thread on the forums here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/373014-missing-motherboard-pins-is-it-usable/
a guy there was saying that if the missing pins are simple voltage pins it should work fine without them wich gave me some hope that i could get this mobo working.
After some research i came across this pinout of the 1366 socket http://www.reenigne.org/blog/what-are-all-those-pins-for/ and i got a picture from him of the damaged socket https://www.upload.ee/image/5892150/socketist_pin_puudu.jpg So according to this pinout and that horrible picture the missing pin seems to be either VCC (power) or VSS (ground) (cannot really tell wich row the broken pin is because of the bad quality)
So the question is could this motherboard work without that pin or is there any way to fix it?
how cheap is the mobo?
At what price are you willing to take the risk?
i bought a board with bent pins, assuming it doesn't work because it won't be a significant loss if it doesn't and its a killer deal if it does.
I think that is the best way to approach such a situation.
its only 15euros so its probably worth the gamble but i was just wondering if anybody has any experience running a motherboard with a missing pin
If it is ground and or power pin and the pin isn't shorted to something other than the same type of pin, the board will work just fine.
Get a cheap i7 920 or a cheap xeon off ebay to test with, you can get them for like 10-20 bucks.
If that board can handle a X5650 or similar 6 core 32nm part, they OC like mad and are insane value.
I gave my friend a X5650 hex core I found to replace his old i7 950, it took us like 5 minutes to OC it from 2.66ghz to 4ghz on his old dual 120mm heatsink, load temps were like 60c.
That's a stupid amount of performance and a insane OC in terms of %.
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i was looking at the e5640 quad core wich should also work with this motherboard.
Looking at the pinout and the picture he provided me it is either a power or ground pin (hard to tell by that picture) so i guess its worth the shot.
I say go for it! let us know how it goes.
