| PleasureImWallace Canada. February 27 2012 06:31. Posts 45 | Profile Blog # |
| And it's taking a LOT of force to get the rod down when clamping it into the motherboard. I don't want to push it very hard for fear of breaking the CPU. How much force is normal? |
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| Nabutso February 27 2012 06:43. Posts 351 | Profile # |
| I had to push it fairly hard for my 2600k, i even heard what sounded almost like cracking, but it's turned out fine for me. |
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| plonza Netherlands. February 27 2012 06:59. Posts 12 | Profile # |
If you make sure your CPU is placed the right way and lies horizontal then you shouldn't be too worried about breaking it. If you're not sure about this then double check it because you might damage some pins/your socket if you apply too much pressure (and it wont even work  ) |
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| Ancestral United States. February 27 2012 07:17. Posts 2996 | Profile Blog # |
On February 27 2012 06:59 plonza wrote:If you make sure your CPU is placed the right way and lies horizontal then you shouldn't be too worried about breaking it. If you're not sure about this then double check it because you might damage some pins/your socket if you apply too much pressure (and it wont even work )
Agree with this. When I put mine in (same CPU), it took the force of a thousand nuclear explosions. I was paranoid, but I thought "it's in there right, so I must just have to push harder." |
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| Myrmidon United States. February 27 2012 07:20. Posts 8494 | Profile Blog # |
This sounds like a simple question that has a simple answer. *hint hint* -_-;;
A lot of people freak out at this stage; it's normal. Also, consider that it's just the heatspreader you're scraping and crunching into. |
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| Scalepad Sweden. February 27 2012 07:26. Posts 240 | Profile # |
| I had to do the same with mine. Took like 30 minutes before I finally just pushed it down hard, because I thought I was doing something wrong and was gonna break the CPU |
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| AGIANTSMURF United States. February 27 2012 07:48. Posts 1207 | Profile Blog # |
Thats the first test in building your own computer
If your not man enough to push down the clamp and accept the responsibility of something going wrong, your not man enough to build your own computer and own it.
In all seriousness though, everyone was afraid to do it. I had to push it down super hard that i thought it was gonna snap. It held and works perfectly
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| Inspektah United States. February 27 2012 13:20. Posts 15 | Profile # |
| I actually jsut built my first desktop ever and got the i5 2500k and I was so worried about the same thing. Had an army friend get on webcam iwth mea nd watch me build it then he said it should feel like that. Just make sure you do it gently and not try to reem it down in one forceful push. If you have any questions PM me |
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| Marcus420 Canada. February 27 2012 14:50. Posts 1828 | Profile # |
| the cpu itself shouldnt take any force to drop in. when you lock it in place the lock does take some pressure. This is normal, dont worry. |
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| FabledIntegral United States. February 27 2012 15:03. Posts 8377 | Profile Blog # |
| Haha I remember the first time I had to do this, luckily the video tutorial I was using explicitly said "you'll have to use quite a bit of force to do this..." Was still nervous regardless. |
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| ailouros United States. February 27 2012 15:40. Posts 188 | Profile # |
| this part scared the hell out of me when i build my computer. it was taking too much and i'm very paranoid with this stuff, so i asked a friend to do it. watched him clamping it down and thinking "OH GOD ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?" |
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| CatNzHat United States. February 27 2012 16:04. Posts 1293 | Profile # |
It's normal, I've installed a dozen or so CPUs, 1366's mostly, but I built my brother a 2600k rig, they're all the same, and require a scary amount of force.
Just remember: it's glass and gold and copper and a tiny bit of aluminum, that stuff is fine with squishing. |
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| Xingke United States. February 27 2012 16:05. Posts 78 | Profile # |
Don't worry. I remember watching the newegg's video on my first build and watching Paul install a CPU and mention "zero insertion force."
When I got around to clamping down my 2500k I was shocked at the resistance I met when the bar got around halfway down. i actually removed my CPU(carefully) several times to make sure I did not damage anything, before finally going back to my room to google if it was normal.
Don't worry about it, as long as you have it seated correctly, you aren't going to break anything while clamping it down, even with the resistance you will meet. |
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| KevinIX United States. February 27 2012 16:11. Posts 2450 | Profile # |
| DON'T DO IT. It's gonna snap off and you'll be---jk just messin with you. |
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| disco Netherlands. February 27 2012 17:18. Posts 1647 | Profile Blog # |
| Had the exact same thing when I was installing mine. I checked it like 5 times to see if I was doing it right, turns out I was and it actually just takes quite some force. |
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| Medrea February 27 2012 17:22. Posts 9999 | Profile # |
Yeah.
Land Grid Array can sometimes be a pain to install. We dont use ZIF sockets anymore.
Its good for the consumer. The processor is way more expensive than the board it goes into. |
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 Nancial February 27 2012 17:35. Posts 174 | Profile # |
do they even have pins lol ?
Socket 775 had a unique new feature - the pins were on the MoBo, not on the cpu. i believe they followed that habit? |
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| Medrea February 27 2012 17:39. Posts 9999 | Profile # |
Yeah the pins are on the motherboard.
The pins are pretty much the only thing that can break between the processor and the motherboard. Whatever the pins are attached to dies if the pins break. So why attach them to a $220 processor when you can instead attach them to a $90 motherboard?
Just makes sense honestly. |
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| NSGrendel United Kingdom. February 27 2012 17:40. Posts 153 | Profile # |
Use AMD. Problem solved. They go in quite smoothly. 
As long as the CPU is flush with the socket and correctly aligned, you should be fine. |
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| NSGrendel United Kingdom. February 27 2012 17:42. Posts 153 | Profile # |
Also note, putting the heatsink and fan on may take a fair bit of pressure. Ditto with the Ram and the graphics card.
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