Rebending pins for AM4

[blazing river]

I have a Ryzen 7 2700x, the pins dont seem too bent out of place, i ended up realigning most of it. One pin broke but when i put it in the socket, the top right half gets in place but the rest dont want to seat properly. Ive been at this for an hour now. Ive been trying to do this with an exacto knife, whats the best way to get them straight?

[royal turtle]

um, you DO realize you have to open the socket latch BEFORE trying to seat the CPU, right?

if you're trying to seat the CPU like shown in that first photo, that's not gonna work. press down and slightly sideways on that little silver bar beside the socket to "open" it.