CPU not coming out of motherboard grid

[emailclub72]

My Ryzen 5 2600x is not coming out of my MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard. Is there anything I can do to get the processor out of my mobo?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, release the mechanism lever lock on the side of it that holds it in. Move the arm slightly to the side and then once it's free of the locking cradle pull the arm all the way up. Then pull the CPU out of the socket. If it does not want to come out with the lock released then it's likely that somebody has installed it incorrectly and it's bound up in the contacts that the pins sit in on the motherboard.

 

[WildCard999]

Post a pic of your CPU with the retention clip off, this may help us help you.

 

[emailclub72]

Post a pic of your CPU with the retention clip off, this may help us help you.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOd3T9ha1FtLuSf-iOpn_MvLKG2A86VqyJRfToE-SSW5W_rJ1SwMl58qJrPqU0unA/photo/AF1QipNh1XrXHG2hyKFqSFAX1-j7vBznPKAAMGJkkFmk?key=S2M1dGMzU1NpSkJMalV1S1IwemQ0Z3ZnVGZCOEhn
Done

 

[WildCard999]

Post a pic of your CPU with the retention clip off, this may help us help you.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOd3T9ha1FtLuSf-iOpn_MvLKG2A86VqyJRfToE-SSW5W_rJ1SwMl58qJrPqU0unA/photo/AF1QipNh1XrXHG2hyKFqSFAX1-j7vBznPKAAMGJkkFmk?key=S2M1dGMzU1NpSkJMalV1S1IwemQ0Z3ZnVGZCOEhn
Done

Try wiggling the retention clip slightly while pulling the CPU out of the socket. Also be sure your grabbing the green PCB and not the black part which is the socket.

 

[emailclub72]

Nevermind I'm an idiot. We didn't push the lever far enough.

 

[emailclub72]

Post a pic of your CPU with the retention clip off, this may help us help you.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOd3T9ha1FtLuSf-iOpn_MvLKG2A86VqyJRfToE-SSW5W_rJ1SwMl58qJrPqU0unA/photo/AF1QipNh1XrXHG2hyKFqSFAX1-j7vBznPKAAMGJkkFmk?key=S2M1dGMzU1NpSkJMalV1S1IwemQ0Z3ZnVGZCOEhn
Done

Try wiggling the retention clip slightly while pulling the CPU out of the socket. Also be sure your grabbing the green PCB and not the black part which is the socket.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Darkbreeze]

Wow. That's exactly what I said to do in the first reply here. LOL.

At least you got it figured out. That's all that really matters.

 

[WildCard999]

Wow. That's exactly what I said to do in the first reply here. LOL.

At least you got it figured out. That's all that really matters.

Fixed :lol:

 

[Darkbreeze]

LOL. You didn't actually need to do that. It was cool. Thanks though.