please help - cannot flip cpu socket lever (hurry)

[empleat]

I have asrock z390 phantom gaming itx/ac and intel i5 9600k, while it supports intel cpu of 9gen and fit into socket perfectly. All lines up and triangle is in place where is triangle on socket. When i try to pull level, there is needed extreme amount of force right at the start. I did build my pc previously and tho it required a lot of force and made crunching sound. Now it is extreme i don't want even to continue, this is not normal and i checked and cpu sits in socket perfectly and even in manual is it supports 9 gen intel cpus so it can't be i have wrong cpu or mobo. What it could be i don't know. 

Please any idea ???

[Enderman]

You do need to press hard.

[empleat]

Yeah i know i did it with previous, but when i try to move it, i have feeling like its bending, or it is gonna break, while i know you have to flip it hard, now this is extreme. But i am sure i have right model, even on box and in mobo manual is it support 9 gen intel cpu and i have intel i5-9600k.. Should i force it than, because i am 99% sure, that pressing lever, shouldnt be that hard, it is really extreme..

[Tan3l6]

Leave it as it is or use the force (Luke)

If the motherboard and CPU work fine, better leave it at that?

Can't read out if the CPU worked or not. If it does'nt work then bad luck.

 

[asand1]

Can you take a picture as it sits right now?

[Falkentyne]

Take a picture of it for us, with the CPU removed, and a second one with the CPU inserted.

Could be a bad socket.  It should take force but no more than bending any metal arm that has a spring latch.  If you've ever used a phone belt clip that has a spring latch to press in to remove the clip, or better yet, any of those black paper grips that have two metal rounded ends you use to either stick paper together, or to seal food bags (They clip really hard, if you know what I'm talking about), the force needed to move the CPU lever to lock (or to unlock it) is going to be less than those metal "paper/food sealing" clip thingies.

 

 

[empleat]

Yeah it will be definitely bad socket, i was building my pc multiple times. And previously - although it required force, it shouldn't require that much, now it is completely stuck and i have feeling like it is even bending almost and i didn't moved it even to half... I will return it and wait for intel 10 gen cpus.

 

EDIT: Ahahaha, it was broken, lever was poorly attached and didn't hold there. Also broken case. So lucky. I will let next pc have built, even i know how to do it, because problems like this, i had it from multiple shops, because they haven't everything in one, still they maybe built it i will ask. So i will buy everything as 10gen cpus come out...