My friend asked me for help with his LGA mobo for a Celeron. I stopped by and looked at it. He bent the pins on the LGA socket when he was removing the CPU. This was the first time I've seen the LGA socket. What a mess. The pins have an s-curve in them to provide some spring when you clamp down the CPU. There seems to be no way to restore the socket if you bend the pins. I had heard of this before, but had never seen it. What a mess!
I think I'll stick to AMD chips with their ZIF sockets. I sincerely hope AMD does not go to an LGA-type CPU. I'm wondering if it's cheaper to mfr the LGA, since the cost of the pins gets shifted to the motherboard mfrs?
I think I'll stick to AMD chips with their ZIF sockets. I sincerely hope AMD does not go to an LGA-type CPU. I'm wondering if it's cheaper to mfr the LGA, since the cost of the pins gets shifted to the motherboard mfrs?