shamino wrote:
They can. I made that mistake on a Dell GX150. I found the particular board was Tualatin compatible (not all of them are), but I used the original clip which had been intended for a Copppermine. It felt tight but I didn't think of why. The board was running fine sitting on my desk. 10 minutes later, "BOING!" the clip sailed through the air and clattered to the floor a few feet away. The socket hooks of course were broken off.
I've broken more socket 370 hooks than I care to remember. I hate how fragile and unforgiving they are.
It's the major reason why I prefer coolers which use all 3 notches instead of just the middle one.
So far, only 1 notch broken (and glued back 😁 ) and that was a Super 7 one.
Bending the metal clip a little is the best solution that I know of (except for finding dedicated Tualatin coolers, which seems impossible to do these days).
I prefer not to remove the heatspreader from FC-PGA2 chips, though that's definitely 'a' way to do it 😁