rasz_pl wrote on 2023-08-09, 22:45:

Hoping wrote on 2023-08-09, 22:02:

The socket can be disassembled and only that part can be changed .... Heatsink glue for Pentium 233MMX?

so I didnt have a stroke after all!

This is locking (moving) top part - no tabs

This is foundation with tabs (bottom fixed part)

I have no idea how to remove the foundation plastic part with broken tab without breaking it from soldered to the mobo contact pins.

After protecting the motherboard with adhesive tape I lifted the bottom of the socket prying first with a knife and then with a flat screwdriver, it is not easy because it is quite hard. Patience and care, the danger lies in damaging the motherboard or bending the socket pins.
I was going through the parts I saved, and maybe I was lucky to have a Molex brand socket 370 and socket 7 was also a Molex brand.
And it may not be so easy in all cases.
I did the same on an Asus A7v8x which is a Socket 462, and it worked fine too. But everything has its risk in these things, you can also lift one or more traces by removing the socket accidentally.
In my case, if I wanted to change the Socket by removing it to put a new one, I would also remove the old one and removing the pins one by one, less heat to the motherboard and less risk of damaging it.
Sorry for my bad English, it is not my mother language.

Hoping wrote on 2023-08-10, 19:03:

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After protecting the motherboard with adhesive tape I lifted the bottom of the socket prying first with a knife and then with a flat screwdriver, it is not easy because it is quite hard. Patience and care, the danger lies in damaging the motherboard or bending the socket pins.
I was going through the parts I saved, and maybe I was lucky to have a Molex brand socket 370 and socket 7 was also a Molex brand.
And it may not be so easy in all cases.
I did the same on an Asus A7v8x which is a Socket 462, and it worked fine too. But everything has its risk in these things, you can also lift one or more traces by removing the socket accidentally.
In my case, if I wanted to change the Socket by removing it to put a new one, I would also remove the old one and removing the pins one by one, less heat to the motherboard and less risk of damaging it.
Sorry for my bad English, it is not my mother language.

Thank you for the directions! I thought to use first a thin razor blade (from those old razors with just one blade) between the plastic foundation of the socket and the PCB to cut the glue that's holding the socket in place.

I don't think the socket is glued, the pins are simply pressed into the socket and for that reason it is difficult to lift it, and you also have to exert a lot of force afterward to insert the pins completely into the socket.

Advice on broken Socket 7 Heatsink clip ASUS MS-5148

A long time ago I saw an eBay listing for a factory carton of new Socket-370 ZIF sockets. It was something like 250-300 of them, and the price was only like $40 shipped.
I didn't buy them because I thought it would be impossible to use them. What a mistake that was.

Ah this is the thread I was tryna remember, other suggestions and a source for new sockets included... I broke the retention clip on this Socket 7 ZIF socket. How difficult is it to replace?

Good search Bitwrangler ! Yeah this the spring clip I was thinking: Re: I broke the retention clip on this Socket 7 ZIF socket. How difficult is it to replace?
There is another topic here that also mentioned one in more detail (think it had dimensions) but cannot find it.

The clamps on the old AMD coolers have three notches, but the tabs on the socket 7 are larger than the notches on the clamp. So you just have to widen them up using the metal file.