cpu CPU Installation Tool Issues

[Mkdd18]

Anybody of you guys had an issue with the CPU Installation Tool? Would you still recommend using it or just go old school?

 

A recent PC ive built had one, tho i really find it weird.

Somehow it started showing some problems after 5 months and only after ive changed the cpu cooler from stock to an h100i v2.

At first BSOD started to occur as per my nephew then eventually no boot at all until the CPU LED indicator on the board started lighting up. Tried to re-seat everything even resetting the bios and running it barebones w/o the case. Somehow it powered up then after a day or 2, the issue started to occur again with the CPU LED lighting up. We then resulted in having it checked by our local re-seller where we bought the parts and as per their diagnosis, the board somehow got fried due to some burns by the CPU Pins, good thing that the CPU still works but we just opted to have the board and cpu RMA-ed just to be sure. They then said to us that the cause of the burns was due to the CPU Installation Tool causing the contacts of the board and cpu not properly connecting because of the cooler not pressing enough force to the board because of the tool resulting to sparks of the 2 components.

 

 

System Specs were as ff:

Case: (White) NZXT H500 Mid Tower Case
Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370E Gaming
CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 Liquid Cooler 
RAM: GSkill Ripjaws V 32GB 4x8GB DDR4 3200
PSU: Seasonic S12ii 750w 80+ Bronze Evo Edition
VCard: Palit GTX 1070TI Jetstream 8GB GDDR5 256BIT

[Jurrunio]

those tools are dumb, I never use them

[asand1]

The tools are dumb. look at your arrows and orientate the CPU BEFORE holding it over the socket. Don't hover over the socket while fumbling with the CPU. I think the toll just adds a level of awkwardness and that is bad.

[Zusafek]

I've never used those tools before. Built both AMD and Intel systems and never used an installation tool. To me they seem pretty pointless.