installing 775 cpu/mobo question

[okeefe58]

Hi everyone ?for the first time in my pc life, I?ve decided to switch over from being a loyal amd fanboy to intel (I know its hurting me to, sorry amd guys ?cant we all just get along?) anyway, I bought an evga 780i and an E8400 ?now its time to install cpu, no big deal, right? Then I see that the pins are on the mobo? What tha ?its now much more essential I see to be careful, or you could ruin a whole motherboard ?so I?ve read 2 different ways to install ?take off the protective plastic cover, then install ?and other way saying leave it on, and when you pull down plate and lock, it will pop off ?so, just wondering which way do you guys suggest ? I know either way will probably work, but I?d like to know which way your supposed to do it

p.s. just to clarify, for anyone who's thinking I'm talking about the plastic box the cpu comes in -no -I'm talking about the plastic cover that comes on the motherboard socket

 

[o1die]

Always remove the plastic cover so your heatsink can make contact with the cpu. I do it before raising the locking mechanism.

 

[fffblackmage]

that plastic thingy covering the socket on the mobo? why dont you just take it off?

 

[okeefe58]

well, I just did, but this guide said otherwise:

http://www.pcstats.com/article...?articleid=2231&page=5

I wasnt just asking for the hell of it -it said to leave cover on and when you close and lock, it will pop off, but not to remove it before closing and locking

 

[fffblackmage]

I see... that's the first time I've heard about installing the cpu that way. I just removed the plastic cover and then install the cpu. I'm not really sure why you would want to keep the cover on until it just pops off. I just don't see any benefit. Maybe so you know it's in correctly or something?

 

[okeefe58]

ya -me neither -I just took it off -it really wasn't a big deal, really didn't need to ask I guess (somebody on another forum thought it was a stupid question and that I should have used "common sense" ,which I thought I was doing by asking people with intel experience, of which I had none till now) I just finished putting it all in my old case w/old hardrives, burner, etc and all is well -tried it on workbench first, of course -never going to completely rip out old and put in new again, just to find out you have to take it all out again for whatever reason -haven't tried any benches or games yet to see the diff between this and amd 6000+ @ 3.2 I came from -hope its significant-thanx