CPU is glued to heat sink, since thi sleaves no room for the lever on the ZIF socket to be lifted, will the CPU go in without potentially bending pins? I don’t know what it looks like inside that socket to make a good guess on my own. I like to think it wont and a closed ZIF socket just makes for a little more snug fit.
Any wisdom the teeming millions can share on mounting a CPU with the ZIF socket arm down
My suggestion if you have a spare ‘junk’ computer at home or work is to try it out on that one 1st, with a cpu that you don’t want either.
I think you would have to exert a lot of force to bed the pins as all would have to give (well all but one end row or so).
Have you considered cutting the heat sink away from where the arm has to move?
Well I mainly do onsite work so I don’t keep mobos and CPU’s laying around. Since the CPU in question may be bad anyway (machine will not even POST) I decided to carfully line it up and try to drop it in, a little shove with gentle fingertip pressure yeilded a little pop noise as the CPU seated. I pulled it out again and no bent pins so looks like it can be done with ZIF socket closed.
As far as cutting away HS I would have to chop out about 1/3 of the HS to get to where the ZIF socket arm is. Not worth the hassle especially since I am replacing the chip anyway.
Let the computer run for about 10-15 minutes. The glue will get soft and then you can remove the heatsink.