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Aside re ZIF

11 Dec 2022 by Peter_in_2780

ZIF stands for zero insertion force. In the "good old days", pushing chips into sockets required a few tens of grams of force per pin. For 14, 16, up to 64 pins in dual-inline format, not a real issue. Now you have monsters around 1000 p

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Re: Aside re ZIF

11 Dec 2022 by honey the codewitch

Yeah, I'm aware. The issue is the lever requires serious force - at least on an LGA1700 socket in order to reseat it with the cpu in place. Like I said, I thought I was going to break something. It felt like forcing it. To err

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Re: Assembled my new PC

5 Aug 2003 by Rob Manderson

Those ZIF sockets for the CPU were introduced due to the sheer number of pins on the modern processor. Imagine the nightmare if they'd stuck to the 40 pin DIL style socket for a 478 pin CPU. So the chip itself is easy to install. It's the damn heat

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I am so unbelievably relieved right now.

11 Dec 2022 by honey the codewitch

After checking the specs before I bought, and getting nowhere with a visual inspection after the parts arrived, I was pulling my hair out with anxiety over this CPU cooler fitting my chassis. I figured it would be tight. Anxiety is a big deal for

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Re: HELP HELP HELP! (Computer won't start up)

9 Apr 2002 by Jeremy Falcon

Unplug the computer. Wash and dry your hands to remove excess oil from them. Touch the metal chasis covering the power supply! In case you have an built-up charge this will discharge any static. It's easy to fry something on the motherboard (I've

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Re: Dead Key

15 Sep 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

Call up the vendor and get a keyboard. Keyboards in laptops now-a-days are pretty easily swapped out. Some are just four to six screws in the bottom of the machine, others have "locks" hidden in the keys that you move or twist to unlock the keyboard

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Another Upgrade Update

16 Jun 2004 by Michael Martin

After reading the manual I discovered the motherboard in question[

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Re: Random reboots

6 Jun 2007 by RoswellNX

Okay...from what i'm seeing now it idles at 45C, which is somewhat close to normal, but i'll have to throw something at it to see how high it will go John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:B) DO NO a

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