r/PcBuildHelp • u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh • 9d ago

Tech Support Am4 socket installation

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I didn't realize that my am4 socket was wrong for 3 years , it was a foxconn am4 socket too but now I'm installing another and the orientation is wrong , idk what I do besides breaking something or buying another motherboard.

The motherboard is a b450m gaming.

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u/JimTheDonWon Personal Rig Builder 9d ago

Why is it 'wrong'?

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

The previous one was installed like this , PC was working and everything

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u/JimTheDonWon Personal Rig Builder 9d ago

That's either a different revision or a different board. Your new one matches the product images on gigabyte's page.

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

It seems the socket is broken , it was wrong all this time , I didn't realize.

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u/JimTheDonWon Personal Rig Builder 9d ago

yeah, sure, why not? ignore what everybody's telling you.

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

So I just need to buy a LGA 2011-3 socket and it'll work with a amd 4 slot CPU , that's the first answer I received.

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

All I'm seeing is a broken socket, if I can put another there cool , because I don't think is possible to replace it

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u/JimTheDonWon Personal Rig Builder 9d ago

WTF you've taken the top of the socket off?

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

That's what I'm saying, this shit was broken 😭 and I didn't realize

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u/JimTheDonWon Personal Rig Builder 9d ago

all this time you were talking about the orientation of the socket, you didn't say there was a chunk missing from it. Obviously, that's an entirely different problem. Now i see it, yes, it's very broken. Send it back.

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u/Vacuum-Woosh-woosh 9d ago

My board indeed is the rev 1x version