kalohimal wrote on 2020-08-11, 16:22:

If you plan to do that, I suggest you practice first on some unwanted plastic, before doing it on the actual socket. And for your PIII 866, I think there is a good chance it might still be ok, since 5s is not too long, and the CPU has thermal protection. Just don't do that again with another CPU, and always attach a heat sink before power on, no matter how tedious it seems to be.

I sure won't, thanks again!