New CPU won't fit in the socket!

I bought a new 9650 CPU and a Rampage Formula motherboard but the CPU won't fit in the socket no matter how much I try to squeeze it in.

HELP!!

A QX9650?

How are you trying to put it in? Here is the proper way to insert a LGA775 CPU.

Make sure the hinged "load plate" is up, before trying to install the CPU into the socket.

first you need to open it dude! lift the lever and open the cage!

wow! why do i build systems?

Make sure your heatsink is seated properly. Shouldn't be wobbly or anything.

What you need to do is stop smoking crack when you order parts.

I suggest super glue

JBWeld. FTW!

Yes but my method is reversible with nail polish remover.

Go into the bios and up the voltage. It's probably set too low.

I think the magic number is around 1.7v or so.

Really? Mine works great when I just feed it the 12V directly...

this is a funny thread!

The real trick that pro overclockers use is turning around one of the VRM's so that you feed your power in phase-to-phase. You get maximum power out that way.

If your gonna push the voltage that much you need to cool it properly!

For serious cooling get a rubbermade bin and set your PC inside it. Go to your local food mart and pick up 8 quarts vegetable oil or about 2 liter in your case. Pour it inside the rubbermade bin and your good to go.

LOL!!!

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HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! omg man...what are you doing? sounds like you're trying to build a tank! CPU's are delicate chips that should be handled with care, they could not work just by static shock. lol.

he might just get hired =X

Can't wait for the new and updated CPUS charts!

No wonder they call you StupaFry

no no, he heeds to get one of those older laptop power supplies that have the din style plug on the end and plug it into the kb connector to power his system.

rampage formulas can be powered through the kb connector, or by cutting the end off of a 2 prong extension cord, inserting the stripped ends into any 2 holes on the 4 pin connector, and plugging it into the 120 - 121 what have you ! It'll actually overclock to 50 hz at 120 !

You have fallen about 20 posts behind MD. You need to update us so we know how the suggestions worked and how you are doing now.

If still not working after you fixed the cpu connection and reinstalled the heatsink, the cpu signal must be getting blocked by the north bridge, but this is easily fixed. Just raise the drawbridge for about 5 minutes to let stall traffic through then lower it again and secure in place. I recommend duck tape rather than our favorite glue as you may want to raise it again at a later date. If this does not do it, try the same with the south bride, then the west bridge, and finally the east bridge, in that precise order. It is important to do it in that order. The east bridge usually does not stall traffic but that is where the bridge troll lives and he can wrack havoc with a mobo so don't mess with it until last.

If that does not work, I suggest reinstalling the DD's. Sometimes the problem is nothling more than a bad or outdated driver driver. Have you checked your driver's lately? Bad DD's are the leading cause of the GIGO problem.

I found out the problem. :-( Apparently my Phenom 9650 won't work in this motherboard! I will take it back and buy a different CPU. Thanks for the advice about voltage. When I get the new CPU tomorrow I will set it properly for 1.7V.

Come on, man. You can make it work. Don't be a quitter. Where is the Yankee ingenuity? Never say die. Do it for the Gipper. We have not yet seen the whites of your eyes (are there any?). You only have one cpu to give to your country, so make the most of it. Surrender? You have not begun to fight. Think positively. Say 5 mantras, 10 Hail Mary's and make it work. Just remember the little engine that could.

Use metric volts though, not english volts, motherboards made in china use communist metric voltage ! tou don't want to raise the psi too high and blow out a voltage tube !

Hey guys and gals, When i used to work for United Rentals and i would want to do some serious overclocking, I would go get the 500kw generator and the snow making equipment and go to town. Hey sometimes I just didn't have enough voltage but I managed to work it out.