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Seems like knowing when to apply force is half the battle of building a PC. For reference, modern CPU installation should require NO force if done properly. Gra
by vizzier 5y ago
Seems like knowing when to apply force is half the battle of building a PC. For reference, modern CPU installation should require NO force if done properly. Gravity alone should let settle into the socket. Gently attempting to twist it should yield no movement if it is seated correctly.
- benjaminpv 5y agoThe first computer I ever upgraded on my own was a P3 system (my family owned a few, we just never upgraded them without taking them to a shop). I knew if I broke something/did something wrong my parents would never forgive me, so before I tried upgrading the RAM I read all the documentation and a couple A+ books. The thing they all repeated was how applying force was absolutely the wrong thing, you should never need to force anything into place. Well, I'm sure you know how this turned out: none of the RAM I installed was seated in its socket properly so in a cold sweat I forced all of them into place. Still feel nervous about installing RAM to this day.
- BizarroLand 5y agoThat KKKKRACK! when you put brand new ram into a brand new motherboard for the first time is the worst. Nothing gives me greater anxiety about the future of my new baby PC than that sound. It's the PC building equivalent of cutting the umbilical cord.