Ebay seller shipped the Ryzen AM4 cpu just in a plastic bag between two pieces of cardboard and then in a small bubble mailer.

The pins were bent.

Took me about an hour of careful work with an exacto knife under a light to get them all bent back in place.

I guess that is one reason that AMD switched to LGA instead of PGA for their AM5 processors.

I do like AM4 and bent pins are rarely a problem... but when you do have to deal with bent pins, they sure can be frustrating.

#AMD #AM4 #AM5