text: i have one bent pin on my cpu? as i told you i have one bent pin on my cpu. will it still work? yes you can as i have done it many times and it is not hard at all to do. take a fine needle nose pliers and very small micro screw driver. first ground yourself. using a magnifying glass straighten out the pin and match it with the others in the roll of pins along each side of the bent pin. keep in mind this may not go straight into its socket after you straighten it out. gently giggle it around in the processors socket till it slides in. you will know if it goes in correctly or not because it will lay flush in the socket after it slips in. never, throw away a processor because of a bent pin. i have straightened out as many as 10 to 15 pins because the processor fell to the ground or something like that. what is there to lose? really???