Shipping a processor

[sman234]

whats the best way to ship an oem athlon 64 processor

[MegaVectra]

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[FlyingPenguin]

The processor should ideally be in the original clear plastic snap-together case with the anti-static black foam pin protector.

Failing that place it on any spare black foam anti-static material you may have lying around left over (there's usually some of this under a mobo in it's packing box and some other large circuit boards) so the pins don't get bent.

If you have an anti-static pad then the next best thing is to use a piece of stiff styrofoam sheeting - the hard styrofoam molded stuff that printers and scanners will come packed inside. Cut a square piece of styrofoam slightly larger than the CPU. The styrofoam is soft enough that you can press the pins into it without bending them - the pins will just punch little holes and sink in. Styrofoam is essentially anti-static and this is the way CPUs used to get shipped back in the Pentium 1 days. That will protect the pins.

Now wrap the CPU tightly in an anti-static bag (one of the shiny mylar bags that all computer cards come packed in) - make sure the CPU isn't free to float around in the bag and can't come off the pin protector.

Now snuggly wrap the CPU in several layers (inch or more thick) of bubble wrap. Then put it in a box with lots of soft packing material around it (bubble wrap or foam popcorn).

It's most important is that the pins don't get bend, that the pins are only touching an anti-static pad, and that there's enough packing material around the CPU to prevent it from suffering physical damage.

[MegaVectra]

FP you have a way with words.