The pins were crushed and it being shipped between a piece of folded cardboard didn't protect it. Since I bought it very cheaply, I went and found one in a dead computer someone gave me. It wasn't worth pursuing a rebate.
Upgraded HP Presario CPU and Memory... This was the best HP said I could do for my laptop so I purchased it as a backup plan if the I5 2520M didn't work (see review)...