Problem with a CPU mounting clamp

[thorhammerz]

Motherboard: ASUS Strix z270e

Whenever I try to place my CPU (i7-7700k) into the socket (with a little plastic "CPU installation tool" that comes with the ASUS motherboard), when I get to the point of pushing down the socket lever arm about 90% of the way the mounting bracket sort of "jumps"/"pops" (too much tension/pressure on the mechanism?). The CPU is aligned properly (arrow on the bottom left), and from what I can visually tell, is sitting snugly inside the socket (e.g. corners match up).

Rather  perplexing to me is that nothing seems to be visually broken o_o, and that it had worked OK on previous occasions (not my first time putting this CPU & mobo together).Is it RMA time >_<?

[Changis]

5 minutes ago, thorhammerz said:

Motherboard: ASUS Strix z270e

Whenever I try to place my CPU (i7-7700k) into the socket (with a little plastic "CPU installation tool" that comes with the ASUS motherboard), when I get to the point of pushing down the socket lever arm about 90% of the way the mounting bracket sort of "jumps"/"pops" (too much tension/pressure on the mechanism?). The CPU is aligned properly (arrow on the bottom left), and from what I can visually tell, is sitting snugly inside the socket (e.g. corners match up).

Rather  perplexing to me is that nothing seems to be visually broken o_o, and that it had worked OK on previous occasions (not my first time putting this CPU & mobo together).Is it RMA time >_<?

are you clamping doen the socket with the tool still on? the plastic square is just to make it easier to line up the cpu correctly and must be removed when the cpu is places into the socket before clamping it down or you risk damage

[thorhammerz]

12 minutes ago, Changis said:

are you clamping doen the socket with the tool still on? the plastic square is just to make it easier to line up the cpu correctly and must be removed when the cpu is places into the socket before clamping it down or you risk damage

That's news to me; I've been clamping it down previously (and successfully) with the plastic installation-tool still on o_o.

 

Also, the installation process in the motherboard manual shows the tool still in place after the end of the installation process.

[Changis]

1 minute ago, thorhammerz said:

That's news to me; I've been clamping it down previously (and successfully) with the plastic installation-tool still on o_o.

huh.. a bit of googling reveals that it seems you can leave it on, though i never used it myself as slotting the cpu into the socket isn't that hard, and isn't less dangerous or damaging unless you hold it on the pins itself or aren't grounded.
i also had a customer which had somehow managed to get the installation tool squeezed between the cpu and clamp in a way that requires recessive amounts of force, so i always thought it awas just a "newbie" helping tool to guide correct cpu placement.

the cpu installation tool is something that has been included by some motherboard manufacturers lately, not by Intel or AMD..

i would just remove the plastic tool and let the cpu sit by itself in the socket.