Processor can be set only in one position, to avoid damage to the socket contacts and the processor, when you install the processor socket is not in force.

Open the socket by turning the lever in the side and top, remove the protective plate, place the processor so that the golden triangle has coincided with a key on the socket is in the corner where the lever was raised up by aligning tabs socket ... after the close socket and pull the lever until it to speak ...

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That is, all is not difficult to close than to open? And the administrator for the link - a great step-by-step guide, I watched it! Try a look…

Hello.

Tell me how to install a cooler on the processor with the deformed protective (metal) lid. The fact is that buying Phenom II 925 it was the cover with a large bend that negatively affects its cooling. And the photos I decided that the entire series of AM3 with such a defect - the same not bend the metal caps on the ends. What advise - 3-day exchange warranty expired.

If the cover is really twisted, you'll need to contact the service for verification of the processor. In Nix guarantee much more than 3 days.