Alright, I screwed up. I was bringing up a low-end dual Prestonia Xeon workstation, and I lost the second CPU. I bent some pins when I put in the CPU, and I paid for it, I guess.
In any event, the socket (standard 604-pin) no longer operates: it is frozen in place, and the top is full of bubbles (from the heat). I presume it is frozen because similar melting of plastic happened on between the top and bottom plates.
Is it possible to fix the socket, or is this socket toast? There seems to be no non-destructive way to take it apart, but if this would kills the MB socket then I will take the dremel to it and see what I can do.
FWIW, the board is an IBM relabel of the MSI Master LS2, an Intel E7505-based dual board. Once the bad CPU was removed, the first one worked fine, so there is a reasonable hope that the board would work properly if the socket is fixed. The socket itself is an AMP part.
Any words of wisdom?
DrJ
F**ked Up CPU Socket -- Any Fix??
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