What to do about a broken CPU lever?

football · Oct 11, 2004

Any ideas to what I should do?

The lever sometimes catch, it use to catch all the time.

This lever is used to lock and unlock the cpu in the socket of the mobo, duh!

iNterBeiNg · Oct 11, 2004

hmm not sure if there is a whole lot you can do. It might be possible to disassemble the socket and fit another lever scrounged from another board in there then put it back together.

football · Oct 11, 2004

I just realized.........

By pulling or pushing on the backend of the socket, it locks and unlocks the cpu that way..DUH!! :clap:

FireFox · Oct 15, 2004

I think iNterBeiNg is on the right track there. I remember reading up on some OC tips from the OC main page a while back about someone who disassembled his socket so he could solder in a die thermostat........

If you dont feel that confident about using Footballs idea, then the board is pretty well toasted anyways. SOOO might as well give it a try

Foxy

football · Oct 15, 2004

FireFox said:
If you dont feel that confident about using Footballs idea, then the board is pretty well toasted anyways. SOOO might as well give it a try

Foxy

What are you talking about?

The mobo is running now.

assemblage · Oct 18, 2004

superglue, ducttape and/or rubberbands. might also try plumber's flux and a brazing torch or a soldering iron and some solder (please use the environmentally friendly kind)

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