----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: [H] New Intel 775 Pin Motherboards
It doesn't. It just diverts pressure on OEMs, as it makes it far easier
to
bend pins (which are now in the MB) during the installation phase.
I think it is harder to bend pins that are on the motherboard. With the pins
on the CPU it can easily get bumped or dropped on its way from the box to
the socket. Also it is easy for your fingers to bend the pins as you are
holding the CPU if you are not extremely careful and conscious of how close
they are to the edges you are holding. The motherboard (and CPU) have
plastic protective covers. You do not remove the pins cover from the
motherboard until you are ready to install the CPU. Just as ZIF sockets
means zero insertion force, you use no more than the force of gravity to
pull the CPU down into a recess with 4 walls to align it and keep it in
proper alignment. The CPU has a gold color triangle for proper orientation.
I feel that if you professionally install the CPU with the same attention to
detail that you install CPU's into ZIF sockets, it is actually easier.
Do not touch the pins or any of the 775 contacts on the CPU. Avoiding
touching the pins is like avoiding touching the ceiling in your house while
just walking around the room. You would have to go out of your way to touch
the pins.
Chuck
