# zif socket

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## Reconstructing a Pin on a Pin Grid Array Package

DevFeed: [Reconstructing a Pin on a Pin Grid Array Package](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reconstructing-a-pin-on-a-pin-grid-array-package-55256.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackaday.com/2026/09/18/reconstructing-a-pin-on-a-pin-grid-array-package/>)

Author: Maya Posch

Published: 2026-09-18T18:30:22Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hackaday](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackaday.md>)

Topics: [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>)

Tags: [1-6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/1-6.md>), [amd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amd.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [processors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processors.md>), [repair-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repair-hacks.md>), [retrocomputing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrocomputing.md>), [substrate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/substrate.md>), [zif-socket](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zif-socket.md>)

### AI overview

The article explains how a damaged pin and pad on a Pentium III pin grid array package were reconstructed using solder mask and solder. The repaired CPU reportedly ran successfully at 1.6 GHz.

### Source excerpt

Before moving to land grid array (LGA) packaging whereby each pin on the substrate is just a copper pad, processors commonly used pin grid array (PGA) packaging, including the still ...read more