I had same problem at work on few A7N266VM.  The problem is with some of the
socket itself.  Some of them are just too tight at the end with the plastic
levers, when it's empty, there is no problem, but when CPU is in, it gonna
snap when close the lever.  I did broke one, and after that, I tested our
rest A7N266VM mobos, and found three more with same problem (you don't need
to break them to test, if you see it gonna snap, you will know.)

Jun Qian

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From: "Ian" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] ASUS 7N266 motherboard


> Anyone know why I should have trouble inserting an AMD Thunderbird 1.4 cpu
> into this mobo?  Because I just broke the end off the socket, when trying
to
> close the locking lever.  Could it just be a faulty socket?

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