We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dave Plowman (News)"
saying something like:

In article ,
dennis@home wrote:
I remember the processor being very stiff to fit - so wonder just how
I'd get it out to check without doing damage?

ZIF (Zero insertion force) sockets shouldn't be stiff.
Are you sure you opened the socket before you put the processor in?
(Assuming it has pins that is.)

Thinking back it might just have been the latch that was very stiff.

A sharp whack with a mallet will cure that.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House