Fit a cpu into a fcpga2 !!!

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Simon Edwards

I've done this a thousand times before....fit the cpu, lift the bar and the
tray slides accross and locks in..

Simple....

problem is this laptop doesn't have a bar...i can fit the cpu but i can't
figure out how to get the tray to lock accross.....without breaking it...

anyone got any ideas?????????????

i've got another laptop (dead) wich i'm playing with to figure it out...is
there a special tool i need to get this done ?


Simon
 
Simon Edwards said:
I've done this a thousand times before....fit the cpu, lift the bar and the
tray slides accross and locks in..

Simple....

problem is this laptop doesn't have a bar...i can fit the cpu but i can't
figure out how to get the tray to lock accross.....without breaking it...

anyone got any ideas?????????????

i've got another laptop (dead) wich i'm playing with to figure it out...is
there a special tool i need to get this done ?
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Are you sure it's a ZIF socket and not a LIF?

ZIF sockets (Zero Insertion Force) have the handle that tightens up on the
pins but with LIF sockets (Low Insertion Force) you just gently push the CPU
into the socket. There is no handle.

Most desktops went from LIF to ZIF around the socket 3-5 era, late 486-early
Pentium. Laptops however are different, ZIF sockets take up a lot more room
than LIF sockets and some laptops still use LIF to save the extra few
millimeters of hieght/width a ZIF requires. With a LIF socket you used to
use a wee tool called a chip removal tool (surprise!) that would grip both
sides of the CPU so you could gently lift/rock it out of the socket without
bending the pins. How did you remove the previous CPU? If it was a ZIF
socket it would have been *very* difficult to just pull it out.
 
I've done this a thousand times before....fit the cpu, lift the bar and the
tray slides accross and locks in..

Simple....

problem is this laptop doesn't have a bar...i can fit the cpu but i can't
figure out how to get the tray to lock accross.....without breaking it...

anyone got any ideas?????????????

i've got another laptop (dead) wich i'm playing with to figure it out...is
there a special tool i need to get this done ?


Simon
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Some of them have a unique-looking screw next to the socket, when
turned it locks the socket, CPU.


Dave
 
kony said:
Some of them have a unique-looking screw next to the socket, when
turned it locks the socket, CPU.
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...and some have grooves on both sides of the socket for a flat bladed screw
driver which when twisted will lock or unlock the socket.
 
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