How to install an Intel CPU without breaking pins under 60 seconds! (LGA 1200)

My face when 1 Pin broke off the Mainboard, and my PC does not boot anymore :(

That pushing down part ... I remember it from the time I built THIS PC like 8 years ago... and now I've got a brand new intel chipset to play with but ...I took one look at the socket on the board and almost fainted, hahaha. It's funny because, I've done this before, but I remember that... metal... pin sound and it feels like you just flushed a few hundred dollars down the toilet every time.. even if you never did. It's a horrible sound, I don't understand why it's even a thing. The nature of it's origin I suppose, has a lot to do with that... (and how expensive / delicate it is) ...knowing it's made to do that, somehow doesn't alleviate my uh... my problem... this is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than nails on a chalkboard. The first time I heard it, I wanted to cry, hahaha.... I just thought "...oh no..."

Just as a heads up, the instructions for my CPU said to take the plastic cover off before fastening the lid, and the lid goes down far better that way.

It don’t fit 😭

Wish I saw this before I destroyed everthinf

Thanks a lot. Definitely thought I bought an incompatible cpu for the mobo socket with how much force I needed to apply. You saved me a ton dude.

may i please have tht CPU 😭 please

should have watched this video before I tried to replace the plastic protector as I put it under the metal piece and bent a bunch of pins. :(

If the cpu slot is bigger than my cpu is that ok. I have the newest i9 so idk why my motherboard doesn’t fit it right

Bro thank you I was stressing out when I was closing it but when I saw this vid it made me feel relieved

Hey, I just want you to know this help me out a lot because I was worried I did it wrong and then I watch this and immediately went out. I did it correctly.

As a left handed clumsy person, should I even attempt to do this?

The retention lever is hard to press down I aligned triangle and notches and also wiggled it a bit to make sure it was in there not hard very softly

Straight to the point thank you

How tight should my heatsink be? I was told if it is too tight that you can bend the pins on a LGA 1200 board.

Thanks, I’m tired of having to watch a 30 minute video on just how to install a cpu while holding the cpu in my hand trying to get it right

So fuckin sensitive pins bent new motherboard...and cant rma ...

I’ve broken 2 pins😂😢

I love the intel because the pins arent in the CPU but in the MOT and i usually drop small things

This felt SOOO wrong its so damn firm i thought i was bending its soul out

So my first time i changed my paste and closed the shield i thought i did something wrong because it was s bit hard to close but nothing happened

Thanks for telling the crunch sound when locking the cpu is normal 😅. When I installed my intel cpu it made 1 click sound when locking. When I locked it completely it made another loud click and that’s when the protective cover fell of so I got a bit worried whether my computer would work.

I did the same thing but somehow motherboard cpu pins got crooked ! Oh well i guess you need a phd to install it 😂

I have four months of experience and this is my next step to replace my motherboard and processor… thank you, this is sure to alleviate my nerves ☺️

Thanks you 😘

Thanks for the quick and informational video. No bs just straight to the point.

So you basically have to pop the motherboard's plastic cherry? Neat!

I made a mess of first motherboard, and on getting 2nd still not sure if the cpu is OK my son reckons it is after checking it, now waiting for him to place the cpu in a new motherboard. I honestly cannot see the arrow on the cpu and was looking for it. My son has his own life, but have to wait for him as too stressed to try it again.

Yes of course, once you close the levers, then open them again, pull out the CPU and enjoy the crooked pins.
Socket 1700 and its closing are badly designed at the factory. Half of the motherboards end up in complaint services.

hi i have one doubt
i removed the cpu cover without lifting the metal frame up ( the metal frame was open but just not lifted up ), then i lifted the metal frame up then i saw the pins on socket and i saw something scratchy between pins i dont know that is bend or what but i installed cpu then clossed the metal frame completely .
so the question is does the cpu cover can touch the pins of socket at any condition if it is installed in the metal frame?
it it cant touch then the pins are bent out of the box i guess

What if your motherboard doesn’t have a triangle?

Next week I have to go through this nightmare again. I am building another desktop. Intel i7 LGA 1200 motherboard. I am not ready for this again.

i am so happy that intel cpu's no longer have pins. especially since the cpu is usually more expensive than your motherboard. but i wish that the motherboard could have a format like the intel cpu where it also does not have pins. imagine if the motherboard had a flat surface format like the intel cpu and the two surfaces just had to be flush in order to make a signal connection? that would be sick and save on e-waste.

just put my new I9-11900k into New MSIz590 Gaming carbon WIFI and did not hear any crunching at all the cover cpu cover come out as it should, is this still ok

Bro i just instaled intel i3 but i remove plastic cover before... Pc is runing but did i damage something is it possible?

i bent the pins the first time i did this like 2 years ago (though i didn't google anything about how to do it) and now i'm terrified that i'll break a several hundred dollar motherboard

This was the most terrifying CPU install I have ever done.. lol crunnnnch crick craaack. oh man. Thanks for the video

Breaking my cpu literally terrifies me. thank you for this video

Now....how do you remove the CPU without dropping it lol

When I heard those pins crunching I was stressing like crazy. This was exactly the video I needed thanks!

the sounds still gives me chills every time

Just getting ready to install one and I was like why cant someone make a quick and simple vid showing and bam, found yours. Thank you!

There is about 0.5-1 mm gap on 1200 which is extremely high comparing to literally zero on 1366 10 years ago.
What side to align is better?

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

I need help… so I have a i7 cpu and I’m trying to take out my old one and it doesn’t have a bracket it has to little buttons and I need help

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just a quick question, how much force is it supposed to take to install it? i have a 11900K and i haven’t installed it yet, but i was worried about the amount of pressure i have to put on the lever to get it down all the way.

i have the same motherboard

Thanks for this, I'm building an i7-11700K PC

I just bought a lga 1200 11900k cpu and a hero Xlll mobo...wish me luck :D