Hi all!
Bit of a strange one for me anyway! Having dealt with LGA boards for years I have always been careful. Removed a 771 Xeon today to find what appeared to look like a missing pin on one of the sockets. I new something wasn't right so couple of google images and a root around the board and I found that one of the pins was on top of the other! So surely if this was the case before the board wouldn't have worked? Anyway, managed to pry it back into place, it remained slightly raised but in the right position, clamped the CPU in and out 2/3 times, booted up, and all is running well.
Does this mean it can be forgotten about as it is working!? Looking round the net it appears that MoBos can still operate depending on the pin etc in these situations.
Any guidance/comments are appreciated. Thanks