I ordered an AMD Athlon64 Venice 3000+ from NewEgg.com Retail and brand new, and I ordered a MSI Neo2 Platinum from AT user Xiode for 90$ used. Both arrived on my doorstep today, and I just tried installing the new parts.
I was pretty pissed to find out that the CPU did not slide into the pin holes instantly like it did with my Athlon XP 2800+ on my other motherboard. Everything is lined up perfectly, and it doesn't look at all like any of the pins are bent. I think something might be stuck inside one of the pin holes on the CPU socket because of the way it moves when I push on it.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Do you guys know how I might go about fixing this? I'm thinking of getting a toothpick and just poking each individual hole and seeing if that helps anything...
Anyone got ideas?
I was pretty pissed to find out that the CPU did not slide into the pin holes instantly like it did with my Athlon XP 2800+ on my other motherboard. Everything is lined up perfectly, and it doesn't look at all like any of the pins are bent. I think something might be stuck inside one of the pin holes on the CPU socket because of the way it moves when I push on it.
Has this ever happened to anyone? Do you guys know how I might go about fixing this? I'm thinking of getting a toothpick and just poking each individual hole and seeing if that helps anything...
Anyone got ideas?