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There is a fair amount of pressure when you lock it in. Just make very sure that you have the notches lined up and the chip is correctly positioned and you should be fine. Also check that the plate is going under the screw on the motherboard and not into or over it.

I was also surprised how much pressure was needed to get my 2700k in place.
 
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I do know3 its aligned properly, there was only one possible way to put it in and it is in that way. Thanks for the quick reply, I was really scared to use the pressure cause the little amount I was using was already scratching the top of the cpu a bit.
 
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Think of it like a bed of nails. If you put all the pressure on one, you have an issue. But, when applying pressure to all, its dispersed and won't cause harm
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Originally Posted by SafeKlok;13975138
There is a fair amount of pressure when you lock it in. Just make very sure that you have the notches lined up and the chip is correctly positioned and you should be fine. Also check that the plate is going under the screw on the motherboard and not into or over it.

I was also surprised how much pressure was needed to get my 2700k in place.
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What are specs of 2700K? Iv never heard of it. Can you give us becnhes?
 
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Originally Posted by SafeKlok;13975138
There is a fair amount of pressure when you lock it in. Just make very sure that you have the notches lined up and the chip is correctly positioned and you should be fine. Also check that the plate is going under the screw on the motherboard and not into or over it.

I was also surprised how much pressure was needed to get my 2700k in place.
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Agreed.. I was surprised myself with my 2600k that I just put into my latest build. I think it has to do with the new design of the locking mechanisim.. I locked mine down and no problems at all, got the rig fired up in no time first try!
 
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Compared to my old 775 I thought I was doing something wrong with my 1155. Like mentioned above. Make sure the CPU is in right so that the two notches fit and listen to the cracking when you tension the arm down!
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Eventhough you hear the little cracking everything will be fine. Well mine is anyways.
 
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Originally Posted by Velvetdreams21;13975113
i5-2500k on a z68x-ud3h motherboard, cpu is in just fine (just placed it in) and there seems to be a pretty good amount of pressure needed to lock the load plate/lever and im really scared Im going to bend the pins on the board.
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If the cpu is seated in the socket correctly, there should be no issue of "too much pressure."
 
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This reminded me of the first time I was installing my 2600K . I was moving to SB from AMD after 12 years of being an AMD onwer, and you probably know how AMD socket works ( Very little pressure, and if you pull out the cooler with force the CPU would also come off with broken pins (Scary stuff) .

I was pretty surprised at the pressure of the bracket on the CPU itself ( never had intel before). Even after first installation the bracket leaves scratch marks on the sides of the CPU !! I could even hear the sound of the Pins being pressed due the strong pressure of the CPU on the socket as I was locking it !
 
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