Question about socket processors.

[onefinebrother]

What happens if you power on a computer when you don't have the latch fully securing the processor into the socket?

 

[sohcrates]

either the mobo will beep saying there's no processor installed and you'll be ok OR the cpu will be fried and you'll maybe hear a beep and maybe see smoke

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< either the mobo will beep saying there's no processor installed and you'll be ok OR the cpu will be fried and you'll maybe hear a beep and maybe see smoke >>


probably not a lot would happen, because the heatsink is smashing it onto the socket anyways. i wouldnt be surprised if it performed normally.

 

[sohcrates]

true...i kinda thought he was saying that the cpu was not fully inserted

but if it's really just that the latch isn't tight, yeah, it should be ok temporarily

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

either way, why are you worried? latch that sucker!

 

[onefinebrother]

No I don't mean the latch that secures the heatsink. I'm talking about the lever(should have said that the first time) that locks the processor into the socket.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< No I don't mean the latch that secures the heatsink. I'm talking about the lever(should have said that the first time) that locks the processor into the socket. >>


thats what i was talking about, i understood you correctly.

 

[Rhombuss]

If the latch isn't secured, the pins on the CPU won't be properly aligned with the pin array on the motherboard. You'll most likely get a post and a CPU error message. Theoretically nothing should be damaged, as the circuit pathways from your motherboard to the CPU are open.