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    Sony PCG Socket A

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Yui, Apr 27, 2014.

  1. Yui

    Yui Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi. Could anybody help me to remove CPU from old VAIO PCG-FXA laptop?

    This is AMD Socket A (462) with Athlon XP-M. The laptop works fine (24x7) as p2p server so there is no reason to dump it. I recently got a more powerful CPU and I'm trying to replace the old one. The problem is - I can't remove the old CPU from the Socket. I see no anything like "locking stick" etc which should release the moving part of the CPU slot. There are "Lock" and "Unlock" symbols on right and left sides of the socket. It looks like the plastic frame could be moved to the right for 1-2 mm, but something is holding it in it's current (left side) position.

    So, does anybody know how to release CPU from Sony's Socket A slot?
     

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