New Socket Idea

[Nik00117]

I was thinking. Would it be cool if AMD came out with a socket that HAD NO PINS and was brillantly simply to put toghter. As ina 3 year could do it. I bet who ever took this idea engineered it and made it work would make millions. What are your thoughts on it?

 

[Wombät]

How will it fit to the motherboard, you cant glue it, magnets are out of the question. I doubt a spring clip would work either.

 

[lurkswithin]

They use spring clips for some smaller chips like a bios chip. But for a larger chip, I can't see it. A presure spring similar to a heatsink clip could possibly work but I would think that electrolisis would set in and cause malfunctions. The gripping technique used in the sockets today is going to be pretty hard to beat. But a heck of a good project for someone to try.

 

[Nik00117]

You know how USB ports plug into today. Well could ya do somthing like that?? But its just an idea. I have no real engineering exp behind a computer. Most i've done on the inside of a computer has been to fix a fan. It stoppe drunning so i went in and dusted it out with a aircomsper and moved some wires, and help my dad hook up a DVD drive, and when I was younger and watnted to play this 3D game we got a 16MB 3D graphics card.

 

[lurkswithin]

Those are just a basic contact and would be suseptable to corrosion. The remove and replacement of the usb connections help keep them clean ..but I don,t really want to have to keep reinstalling a CPU chip.

 

[Nik00117]

What would yout hink would be the best? Maybe really strong pens?

 

[Starr]

As far as I am concerned, the pins are just fine for now.

 

[dyserq]

Hmm ...
It seems like a good idea
Something which may not require physical connection but still able to send data through
Magnets were a good idea, although it may disrupt some of the data going through

 

[Charchris]

Lol no pins would be good!

Bring out the rubber bands and super glue!!

 

[Wombät]

Hmm ...
It seems like a good idea
Something which may not require physical connection but still able to send data through
Magnets were a good idea, although it may disrupt some of the data going through

Read the posts carefully before replying, this what I said about magnets...

How will it fit to the motherboard, you cant glue it, magnets are out of the question. I doubt a spring clip would work either.