Re: Zip Chip insertion problems

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Jack Countryman <jcountry@seidata.com> wrote:

>I was recently given a IIC and an uninstalled Zip Chip.  So, I tried to
>install the Zip Chip into the IIC.  While the prongs on the chip will
>start into the holes on the socket, it doesn't seem that the chip seats
>as far down into the socket as the stock cpu chip.  Its as if the prongs
>on the Zip Chip are too wide where they come out of the Zip chip, and
>have been bent in an off-set to line up with the socket holes, which
>keeps them from seating all the way into the socket.  
>
>Has anyone been able to get one of these to work?  Ideas?

Just push it gently as far as it will go without being overly stressing.
All ZipChips are this way and it is ok for them to not completely
seat into the socket.