First post, by retrogamerguy1997
I have a motherboard that I bought some time ago with a CPU, cooler, and RAM included with the package all installed? The cooler was big name brand but wired in a way that was kinda jank and was horribly loud and was made worse after trying to blow dust out of it. So I decided to go out and replace and bought one that somebody here suggested. What I didn't know at the time was the socket was damaged. When I removed the cooler it socket looked fine. But then I tried to mount the new cooler to it and well it turned out the socket was previously damaged leaving no way to mount the cooler on as the hook has nothing to latch on too. Apparently this is a common problem with this socket. At the time I gave up on the whole thing, but now I want to revisit it and am unsure what to do. for reference the board is a ASUS A7M266
EDIT: i should mention I have no ability to take pictures of anything, but pretty much the only thing that is broken off is the middle hook on the right side of the socket