Look at your AM4 socket. Notice the empty spaces (missing pin holes). The CPU has corresponding blank spaces. If you see a pin in a hole that should be empty according to the diagram, that pin is bent into the wrong position.

: Dedicated pins for PCIe 3.0/4.0 lanes, USB 3.1 Gen 1/Gen 2, and SATA connectivity. Display Output

Push the metal lever down and away from the socket, then lift it to a 90-degree angle. Lift the metal retention frame.

Occupy roughly 300 pins each to handle high current (up to 145A) without melting connections.