Silver Arrow and Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 CPU back-plate

[snipex1]

Hi

Is anyone able to answer a question which has been bugging me?

The Silver Arrow's 1156 back-plate is currently blocked by the CPU retention back-plate on the board itself so I am unable to fit it, someone has told me to remove the back-plate on the board, but I am worried it might break and screw things up...

Is it safe to remove? as it is unclear on any forum / instructions I have come across.

Also see below a video of someone who installed it over the back-plate on a different board (2.22)

Many thanks for anyone who can help.

 

[Goose]

Make sure you DONT use the little black square that fits in the SA backplate like he does in the video. I'm not 100% sure that's what you're problem is but i did not have to remove anything when i installed a SA on the same motherboard.

 

[snipex1]

Make sure you DONT use the little black square that fits in the SA backplate like he does in the video. I'm not 100% sure that's what you're problem is but i did not have to remove anything when i installed a SA on the same motherboard.

I might give it another try tonight then, do you think the metal on metal will cause any issues as it seems like a tight fit?

 

[snipex1]

I have noticed you have a very similar setup to me as well, same case, processor but you have the gen 3 board, mine is the old one.

 

[Goose]

I might give it another try tonight then, do you think the metal on metal will cause any issues as it seems like a tight fit?

Do you mean for the backplate? If so then i should sit pretty much flush. If it doesn't the screws wont come up enough for you attach the rest of the mounting kit.

I have noticed you have a very similar setup to me as well, same case, processor but you have the gen 3 board, mine is the old one.

As far as i know mounting a cooler on 1155 socket will be the same regardless of the motherboard make or model.

 

[pc_monkey]

sorry wrong post