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Motherboard got a bit scratched, any chance of it still working? (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 year ago by ArfArfWoof@feddit.org to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] colourlesspony@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You can see an angle grinder cut into the chip left to the cpu socket. Looks like the board snapped while they where cutting it for some reason.

[–] ArfArfWoof@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago

Nice thinking! I was cutting it with a hacksaw and I snapped it by hand when I was sure I wouldn't damage the socket.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Ohh how right you are. Moderately ok eyes you got there!