This is only the second time I've installed a cpu and the last time it was a conroe. I don't remember the details, I just remember it took a scary amount of pressure to close the load plate but it all worked out.
I just put the cpu in now and I'm scared all over again. I'm 100% sure its aligned properly, its sitting in the socket perfectly evenly, everything is lined up, the little arrow is where it should be. I sucked it up and applied a scary amount of force (although still, not that much) and i got the load lever back in place, but it is under a lot of tension. Its just slightly bowed out. For some reason I imagine (or remember?) that there should be sort of a point at which it just snaps into place and is not constantly being bent up.
Did I do this right? After panicking a little, I undid the lever, pulled the cpu and checked everything. No pins looked bent, cpu appears fine. I put it back in and redid the load plate and load pin. It works, its just like the pin is really causing a steady force pushing down the load plate, and I just don't remember it being that way with the conroe (which in fairness I don't remember very well at all).
Any thoughts appreciated!!!
And the lever isn't severely bent or anything, its just bowed out a tiny bit from the pressure of holding the plate down.
I just put the cpu in now and I'm scared all over again. I'm 100% sure its aligned properly, its sitting in the socket perfectly evenly, everything is lined up, the little arrow is where it should be. I sucked it up and applied a scary amount of force (although still, not that much) and i got the load lever back in place, but it is under a lot of tension. Its just slightly bowed out. For some reason I imagine (or remember?) that there should be sort of a point at which it just snaps into place and is not constantly being bent up.
Did I do this right? After panicking a little, I undid the lever, pulled the cpu and checked everything. No pins looked bent, cpu appears fine. I put it back in and redid the load plate and load pin. It works, its just like the pin is really causing a steady force pushing down the load plate, and I just don't remember it being that way with the conroe (which in fairness I don't remember very well at all).
Any thoughts appreciated!!!
And the lever isn't severely bent or anything, its just bowed out a tiny bit from the pressure of holding the plate down.
::: 
Facebook
Twitter