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melloman · 01-02-2004, 10:30 AM

If you managed to pull the CPU when the fan and heatsink was still attached, that took a lot of force. The socket is a zero insertion force (ZIF) and is designed to go in easy, then lock down hard. Was the locking bar lifted? if so, the CPU chip will come out easily, and then the problem is getting it back into the socket without bent pins. I have gotten cpu's with a bent pin or three. It takes patience to solve, but it's not the end of the world, unless some pins got sheared off. But it takes a good magnifier, fine work tools, and a steady hand to get bent pins back in line. I have had to do about 4 CPUs that way, and haven't lost one yet.

01-02-2004, 10:30 AM	#4
melloman Member (8 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 228	If you managed to pull the CPU when the fan and heatsink was still attached, that took a lot of force. The socket is a zero insertion force (ZIF) and is designed to go in easy, then lock down hard. Was the locking bar lifted? if so, the CPU chip will come out easily, and then the problem is getting it back into the socket without bent pins. I have gotten cpu's with a bent pin or three. It takes patience to solve, but it's not the end of the world, unless some pins got sheared off. But it takes a good magnifier, fine work tools, and a steady hand to get bent pins back in line. I have had to do about 4 CPUs that way, and haven't lost one yet.