Hi,
I've been lurking on the forum for a while, so first of all I just wanted to express my appreciation for this great resource.
After having bent a few CPU socket pins, I had to wonder if there was a better way of putting in the CPU without taking that risk.
Some of the OEM Service Manuals mention a CPU Insertion Tool, which they recommend specifically for this purpose. As far as I can tell this tool is only made and sold by a certain company in Taiwan, CCI. This company is linked to directly from Intel's site.
I have contacted them, and they can send these parts, but shipping is very expensive. On a small $40 order (a couple units for each socket type) I would have to pay $160 shipping fees.
I was wondering if anyone else might be interested in these units, and perhaps the shipping would be more manageable distributed over a larger order. I can't guarantee that these really work as promised, but perhaps it's worth a try.
Note they are sold out of the LGA2011 Field Insertion units, so if you want something for LGA2011 you have to go for the Factory versions.
Let me know if you're interested, or if you think this is a waste of time and I should just be more careful.
Oz
PS: I'm looking for about $3/item above what the CCI site has, or perhaps much less if there's enough interest/you're buying more than a couple items. I'd also be interested if someone has any of these around somehow. Sorry if this post doesn't belong here, let me know
I've been lurking on the forum for a while, so first of all I just wanted to express my appreciation for this great resource.
After having bent a few CPU socket pins, I had to wonder if there was a better way of putting in the CPU without taking that risk.
Some of the OEM Service Manuals mention a CPU Insertion Tool, which they recommend specifically for this purpose. As far as I can tell this tool is only made and sold by a certain company in Taiwan, CCI. This company is linked to directly from Intel's site.
I have contacted them, and they can send these parts, but shipping is very expensive. On a small $40 order (a couple units for each socket type) I would have to pay $160 shipping fees.
I was wondering if anyone else might be interested in these units, and perhaps the shipping would be more manageable distributed over a larger order. I can't guarantee that these really work as promised, but perhaps it's worth a try.
Note they are sold out of the LGA2011 Field Insertion units, so if you want something for LGA2011 you have to go for the Factory versions.
Let me know if you're interested, or if you think this is a waste of time and I should just be more careful.
Oz
PS: I'm looking for about $3/item above what the CCI site has, or perhaps much less if there's enough interest/you're buying more than a couple items. I'd also be interested if someone has any of these around somehow. Sorry if this post doesn't belong here, let me know
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