Ryzen not in the socket?

[JustHunterM8]

I’m installing a ryzen apu but when I pull down the lever and try to pull the cpu just a bit, it comes back out off the socket.

what do I do (I did bend some pins prior to this but I made sure to fix them ALL... I think)

is it supposed to look like that?

[Dujith]

Nope thats not good, can we get a picture from the top (in focus if possible) and then the pins when u pull it out again.

[Bananasplit_00]

its suposed to go all the way in, but why are you pulling on the CPU after its put in there?... it dosent need to be in there super hard, as long as it stays in its good

[TSL]

Maybe a pin is bending over when you try to stick it in?

[FloRolf]

That doesn't look good. 

 

Did you do it like:

1. Open lever

2. Insert cpu (in the correct direction?)

3. Push lever down

 

Because it looks like you didn't use the lever at all. 

[JustHunterM8]

1 hour ago, FloRolf said:

That doesn't look good. 

 

Did you do it like:

1. Open lever

2. Insert cpu (in the correct direction?)

3. Push lever down

 

Because it looks like you didn't use the lever at all. 

I did do that

[FloRolf]

2 minutes ago, GuyRyzen said:

I did do that

And did you feel all pins "falling" inside the holes? Are you sure you rotated the cpu to the correct direction? 

[JustHunterM8]

14 hours ago, Dujith said:

Nope thats not good, can we get a picture from the top (in focus if possible) and then the pins when u pull it out again.

I was just wiggling in that video I didn’t put any pressure on the cpu

54557540247__C5513FB2-6A4B-4F03-8284-0375443DA780.MOV

 

13 hours ago, FloRolf said:

And did you feel all pins "falling" inside the holes? Are you sure you rotated the cpu to the correct direction? 

I did I made sure the arrow was in the right place, but I don’t think I really felt much going in

i felt it a little

[Dujith]

10 minutes ago, GuyRyzen said:

I did I made sure the arrow was in the right place, but I don’t think I really felt much going in

i felt it a little

When the arm is all the way to the back you should be able to drop the CPU in and it should then be flush with the socket (you should not be able to see the pins at all)

If this is not the case then either something is in the socket or 1 of the pins is still acting up

[asus killer]

you just drop it in the socket and it should go all in, if not don't force it, just stop what you are doing, something is wrong. Then just use the lever , it should keep the cpu in place not make it come back out, something is wrong if it does.

 

 

[NelizMastr]

The arrow on the CPU should always point to the top left of the socket, which is also where it's marked on the socket itself on AM4. Lift up the lever, and put in the CPU. It should fall into place. Don't pull the lever down if the CPU isn't in place properly. If it's not flush, it's either oriented wrong or there are pins not lining up properly.

[mariushm]

Raise the lever

Align the arrows on the cpu bottom with the arrows on the socket

The cpu should slide in without friction, easily...

Optionally hold a finger to the top of the cpu for a very light pressure and slide the lever down and clip it to the edge of the socket (so it doesn't come up by itself)

 

When the slider is up, the socket allows to easily insert the cpu down in socket without friction .. that's why they're called ZIF sockets (zero insertion force)

When you push the lever down, it moves the top part of the socket slightly to one side, putting some light sideways pressure on the pins of the cpu - that's what guarantees good contact between socket contacts and cpu pins. Sometimes if the cpu doesn't sit quite right or some pins are slightly bent, when you move the lever and the socket moves a bit to put light pressure on pins, it can cause the cpu to lift up from the socket by a bit instead of being locked in place.

 

(also this light pressure is just enough for good contact, that's why sometimes a hardened thermal paste on a cooler could result in you pulling the cpu out of the socket along with the heatsink)

 

 

So make sure the pins on the cpu are all nicely straight and aligned and make sure you match the arrows in socket with the ones one cpu.