Hello everyone,
While I was working in my computer, I tried to get this tank of a heatsink/fan off my processor so I can upgrade the processor to a duel core. It was so hard to come off, in doing so, I pulled the processor up along with the heatsink/fan. I did not have the opportunity to lift the processor out by first lifting the handle on the ZIF socket. There are no bent pins on the processor I took out. However, I am concerned I might have damaged the socket. What do you guys think?
Also, my board is a socket 939 and currently have a single core 3800+ processor. I want to go to a duel core, do I need to flash the BIOS first? Can I install the duel core first, then flash the BIOS? I will put in the duel-core assuming I didn't damage the socket on the board. I will put back the single core processor and see if the computer boots with it to make sure the socket is still intact. Would I be able to run the processor for a minute of two without a heatsink/fan?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ron
While I was working in my computer, I tried to get this tank of a heatsink/fan off my processor so I can upgrade the processor to a duel core. It was so hard to come off, in doing so, I pulled the processor up along with the heatsink/fan. I did not have the opportunity to lift the processor out by first lifting the handle on the ZIF socket. There are no bent pins on the processor I took out. However, I am concerned I might have damaged the socket. What do you guys think?
Also, my board is a socket 939 and currently have a single core 3800+ processor. I want to go to a duel core, do I need to flash the BIOS first? Can I install the duel core first, then flash the BIOS? I will put in the duel-core assuming I didn't damage the socket on the board. I will put back the single core processor and see if the computer boots with it to make sure the socket is still intact. Would I be able to run the processor for a minute of two without a heatsink/fan?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Ron