Applying Massive Pressure to CPU Plate During Installation

[Megalith]

Okay, this is really bothering me. I am in the process of building my second PC, and once again, I am having immense trouble with installing the CPU. In every guide I've read, you simply align the CPU, drop it in, close the door, and then pull down the latch.

The latter step is always a problem for me. I just tried pulling the latch down, but it just won't go down unless I put ridiculous---and I mean ridiculous---pressure on it, to the point where I think the latch will snap into pieces.

I eventually realized that I had to put some pressure down on the door myself and then align the latch so it would sit on top of the door hinge as much as possible so it could be pulled down. While I was able to secure the CPU properly (and hopefully the thing still works), is what I did really the proper way to do it?

I've talked with others who say pulling the latch part has practically no resistance whatsoever, so I'm confused.

For reference, I'm speaking of this part:

 

[obobski]

sometimes it doesn't line up perfectly, its a fairly cheap metal part, so you might have to fidget with it

basically, if you can get it to and close, its right, as long as it doesn't break anything

in my experience, it needs a bit of force, but nothing ridiculous (just like "Zero Insertion Force" doesn't actually mean "Zero Insertion Force")

 

[engiNURD]

... what bob said... or you're just rather weak compared to the people you've asked.

 

[Neb]

I have come across one or two motherboards that are as difficult to close just described. For some reason they were amazingly tough to get closed. Thankfully I don't swap cpu's in and out that often In general though, it's been rather easy to close.