Crackling sound when closing 1155 socket

I am fairly new to assembling PCs but this time I decided to assemble it all by myself.

I’m trying to install my CPU in socket 1155 on my Asus motherboard and while I’m closing the socket, there is a slight crackling sound going on.

Is this normal? Should it be completely silent, or is it okay for pins to crack just a little? (it sound like stepping on sand on the floor or something like that)

Answer

Yes, it is normal. There was a small sound even at the s478 back then.

Since they changed it up at the s775 (there are no “legs” on the 775 like there was on the 478, so you can’t really go wrong when you install a “modern” CPU. 775 and above got only)

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Just to make sure, you can make a picture of the mainboard’s LGA and add it as a comment … but if the PC works … I’m sure there is nothing wrong with it.

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