SoCalRoberta opened this issue on Oct 19, 2007 · 43 posts
pjz99 posted Sat, 20 October 2007 at 6:29 PM
Plutom: Modern PC hardware is getting simpler and simpler to assemble. Current processors don't even have pins any more, it's pretty much impossible to bend a pin now. The processor has a flat contact area, and the pins are on the motherboard inside a protective enclosure. It's even keyed so you can't put the chip in the wrong way. This is what the bottom of the chip looks like: