I bent some pins under the motherboard

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#1  Edited By Ricky4372
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I bent about 4 of those. Should I be concerned?

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#2 c0mplex
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No, your fine. Bent or straight, they are making contact with the PCB.

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#3 Ricky4372
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@c0mplex: The little pin things right?

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#4  Edited By c0mplex
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yea.

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#5 JigglyWiggly_
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That's fine, they're just through hole soldered.

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#6 nutcrackr
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The picture could be bigger so we can see what is going on. But I don't think it will make a difference. As long as they aren't touching any other points.

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#7  Edited By deactivated-5bda06edf37ee
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yeah like people have said, it doesn't matter if it's bent. sometimes a hit on the component can create a ring-shaped crack on the soldering in a way that the pin loses contact to the board, but if you are not seeing them, you are fine.

it would look like this:

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#8 nutcrackr
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nice crack groowagon

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#9  Edited By Arthas045
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As long as its not shorting out onto something I think you will be ok.

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#10  Edited By Blutfahne
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Re-solder that mother fucker.