FCPGA P3-800/133 wont slip into the zif socket!

[Learnin]

Ok, I have done two of these installs already, and I know how to do it. Lift the locking arm straight up, align the cpu properly (two corners dont have corner pins), and the cpu falls right into the socket. This one I am trying to build, just won't go in! The cpu pins look straight, and all the rows of pins look good. Has anybody heard of this before? It just won't quite fit. One side will start to go in, but then the other side is not seated. Carefully lowering it level, and it just binds and won't go. What is going on here. The m/b is an ASUS CUSL-2 with a zif socket stamped Socket 370.

 

[dkozloski]

A pin doesn't have to be bent very far before the chip hangs on insertion. Look at your CPU edge on and rotate it so you can see how the pins align with one another. When you spot the bent one it is easily straightened with a fine pair of needle nose pliers.

 

[scienceMan]

But if you don't have pliers, use a mechanical pencil..
(take the lead out first)

scienceMan

 

[Learnin]

Thanks for the replies. I learned that on some m/boards, there is a diode sticking up in the center of the socket, which you have to bend farther down. This was not the case with my motherboard though. The next day, a friend of mine tried, and within a minute, it slipped in. The only thing I can think of is maybe the parts heated up in the car on his way into work, and changed the tolerances just enough. I am not sure. I sure tried wiggling, twisting, side to side, etc, and nothing would work that night.