Look for a triangle indicator on the CPU and socket to align them ... correctly is by finishing the build and booting the PC.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and AM5 socket burned to a crisp, both physically damaged either due to a fault, or a user ...

At the heart of your computer's performance lies the processor socket, which acts as the critical bridge between the processor and the motherboard. Imagine the pins on a processor socket as lanes ...