CPU SOCKET 370 INSTALLATION

[Charles]

Mobo; ASUS CUV4X SOCKET 370 (Brand new)After positioning chip and making sure there was no gap between chip and socket I closed Socket lever. I noticed a minute gap, about 0.003 thousands of an inch, on both chip corners that face the memory slots. I am sure all the pins are in and make good contact. I suppose this happened from the previous pressure applied to the socket from a previous chip I returned. I learned my lesson about bending the heatsink/fan clip before I actually was able to install that previous chip. To remove it was quite a task even after I had bend the heatsink/fan clip. At this point I have not installed this second heatsink/fan. I would like to hear from you experience users who might have had a similar experience when installing their CPU's before I proceed to install the heatsink/fan. Thanks, Charles.

[Omletteboy]

Your socket 370 should slip into the socket nicely, as long as the pins are aligned correctly you can lower the lever and install the heatsink/fan.

[LawyerRon]

Hey Charles,
Just drop the Cely in till it bottoms out. Close the lever. A 3 thou gap is nothing. No worries.

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[Toaster]

Open the leaver fully. Align the chips pin #1 with the sockets pin #1. The CPU should fit into the socket under its own weight. You may need to slightly "rock" the CPU to set it fully home. At this point, you may wish to fit the heatsink/fan to the socket/CPU while the leaver is up as this facilitates correct alignment between the CPU and socket.
Use heatsink compound sparingly and avoid it contacting the pins. Only enough to get a thin layer between the CPU "slug" and the heatsink. In this application, more is NOT better.