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Why is it important to insert a processor straight down into a socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into the socket?
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∙ 13y ago
Because the pins on the bottom of the processor can be easily bent (assuming that this is a processor for a PGA (Pin Grid Array) or SPGA (Staggerd PGA) socket. It is worth noting though that a processor for a LGA (Land Grid Array) socket is not as susceptible to this as the there are lands or pads on the bottom of the processor instead of pins; the pins are in the socket. The book that asks this question assumes PGA.
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Very true BUT you can bend the lands in an LGA socket, rendering the socket hence the motherboard useless!
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∙ 11y ago
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Why is it important to insert a processor straight down to into a socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into the sockets?
You don't want to bend the pins
Why is it important to insert a process or straight down into a socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into the socket?
You can bend (thus damaging) the pins on the underside of the processor
Why is it important to inserta processor straight down into a socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into a socket?
Because the pins or lands on the CPU or the CPU Socket are easily bent
Why is it important to insert a processor straight down into the socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into the socket?
Processor pins, or in modern computers the pins in the sockets, are very delicate and easy to bend. If you insert the processor any way other than straight down, you will bend the pins and likely destroy either the processor or the motherboard, or both.
Why is it important to insert a processor down into a socket rather than sliding the processor in from the side or allowing it to tilt into the socket?
So you don't break or bend the pins on the chip.
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