CPU UPSIDE DOWN? HELP!!! Annoyed and Concerned

[SCANNERMAN777]

HELP PLEASE

 

Am I panicking??? I lined up cpu triangle with cpu triangle on bracket and cpu triangle on socket of my LGA 2011-3 BOARD (ASUS X99E-WS) and discovered that the writing on the lid of the i76850K chip that I installed was upside down. I'm finding this really scary. Is ASUS in the habit of putting in sockets upside down on their motherboards these days??? Is Intel getting so sloppy they don't care how the print on the lids of their cpus looks? Is yours truly, computer builder of two decades losing it???? I have never seen the writing on the lid of a cpu upside down after installation before. I removed the chip, examined the pins, no apparent damage was done. Re-installed in socket lining up the triangles once again and yup... the print on the lid of the cpu is UPSIDE DOWN. Please help.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Mines upside down...

[done12many2]

You're fine.  It's not so much that the writing is upside down, but that the socket was installed by the motherboard manufacturer upside down.

[BiscuitMassacre]

2 minutes ago, SCANNERMAN777 said:

HELP PLEASE

 

Am I panicking??? I lined up cpu triangle with cpu triangle on bracket and cpu triangle on socket of my LGA 2011-3 BOARD (ASUS X99E-WS) and discovered that the writing on the lid of the i76850K chip that I installed was upside down. I'm finding this really scary. Is ASUS in the habit of putting in sockets upside down on their motherboards these days??? Is Intel getting so sloppy they don't care how the print on the lids of their cpus looks? Is yours truly, computer builder of two decades losing it???? I have never seen the writing on the lid of a cpu upside down after installation before. I removed the chip, examined the pins, no apparent damage was done. Re-installed in socket lining up the triangles once again and yup... the print on the lid of the cpu is UPSIDE DOWN. Please help.

If it matches, it matches. Define UPSIDE down. It maybe upside down in a Standrad Atx case, but that doesn't mean it's upside down.

[EunSoo]

If it fits and boots up, then its probably fine. There is probably a reason for Asus to put the socket upside down

[SCANNERMAN777]

*whew* Thanks. I'm not alone it appears. Thank you so much for restoring my peace of mind.

[saladcrack]

If it works then you're fine.  Sometimes they probably print the label on the CPU wrong or the motherboard is just weird.

[martward]

They probably don't care about the orientation since you can't read it through the cpu cooler anyway.

[SCANNERMAN777]

i suspect the motherboard is weird. After all . . . It's a weird motherboard to begin with. I wish they would have given me a "don't panic" message with the board. lol

[MANIDY inc]

3 minutes ago, SCANNERMAN777 said:

i suspect the motherboard is weird. After all . . . It's a weird motherboard to begin with. I wish they would have given me a "don't panic" message with the board. lol

Well it's the CPU makers fault. They just stamped it in the "wrong" orientation. It doesn't matter it's just some text that does nothing but tell you what CPU it is

[SCANNERMAN777]

5 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

If it fits and boots up, then its probably fine. There is probably a reason for Asus to put the socket upside down

In all my days of PC building this has been a first for me. Perhaps I didn't notice before and I'm just being extra fussy. I mean with the board, the ram, and the cpu I'm already looking at well over 3 grand so you tend to notice these things. I can't boot it up yet as this is a brand new build in the making. I can keep you posted if you like. Thanks

[LabRat]

 I never thought about that until now. I never looked.

[SCANNERMAN777]

On 12/6/2016 at 11:08 AM, MANIDY inc said:

Well it's the CPU makers fault. They just stamped it in the "wrong" orientation. It doesn't matter it's just some text that does nothing but tell you what CPU it is

I'm really hoping this is the case, Manidy. Then again it's an indicator that Intel is getting sloppy.

On 12/6/2016 at 11:10 AM, LabRat said:

 I never thought about that until now. I never looked.

omgg.. is this... the WILLING LabRat???

[LabRat]

Just now, SCANNERMAN777 said:

omgg.. is this... the WILLING LabRat???

what are you talking about?

[SCANNERMAN777]

lol no worries. I used to know someone by that handle. If you can't say ChesterBesterFesterTester three times real fast you won't know what I mean.

[LabRat]

this a LAN party thing?

[Hal_9000]

15 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Believe it or not, my X99 Classified EVGA board with my i7 is upside down lol. I wouldn't worry assuming you checked that the triangles are matched. 

But mine is right side up.....................

[SCANNERMAN777]

something like that :::grins:::

[LabRat]

guess I don't know what it is........

[SCANNERMAN777]

4 minutes ago, Hal_9000 said:

But mine is right side up.....................

Yeah, but you're using a 5930* so it was probably made when Intel still had their heads screwed on right.

 

[Hal_9000]

1 minute ago, SCANNERMAN777 said:

Yeah, but you're using a 5820 so it was probably made with Intel still head their heads screwed on right. 

 

3 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Lol, really? Silly motherboard manufacturers.

 

[SCANNERMAN777]

okay, make up my mind. are you using a 5820 or a 5930 or both.

[SCANNERMAN777]

nm... two different posters with same pic. lol Man, give the noob a hard time, hey?

[SLAYR]

It isn't like people will notice that it is upside down it will have a big metal cooler blocking you from seeing the wrinting on it anyways. 

[johnt]

Electricity doesn't understand gravity. As long as your computer posts, there is nothing to worry about