[Lvlug] Removing a processor

[Bob Feldbauer]

There is usually a lever on the side of the place where you insert the 
processor, which you should gently lift up to "unlock" the processor 
from the motherboard.

- Bob

On 8/19/2009 10:27 AM, Matthew Dey wrote:
> Hey guys hardware question,
>
> When removing a processor from the motherboard should the whole assembly
> come up or just the heatsink?  Because the processor was stuck to the
> heatsink so when I lifted it up straight it was fine but it weakened the
> pins so when I tried to put it on another board the pins got bent up.
> Do any of you know the proper way to remove and replace a cpu because
> this didn't happen the way I had thought it should.
>
> -Matt
>
>
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