Cannot get last push pin in Akasa AK-965 - tips?

Plec

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Ok, i've got my head round pushing down now very hard but just how hard do you press?

I'm worried i'm going to crush the cpu with the amount of pressure i'm applying. I'm fitting it correctly - one pin then the diagonally opposite one etc but i just can't get the last pin in.

I'm fitting outside of the case too - which is meant to be the easiest way. I've got the mobo on the antistatic sheet which in turn is on some foam which is sat on some cardboard. Yet still i can't get it to fit through to the correct position.

Do i phone a friend and apply even more pressure - has anyone else had this problem?

I'm sweating buckets here - one slip and i'll put my thumb through the mobo.

Plec
 
You should put the pins in like this(or similar)


1--3
4--2

So it has even pressure distribution.

on my freezer 7 it took a good bit of pushing to get one of the pins in to the point of motherboard bending.......


Maybe take the pins out and put the hard pin in first, it might not be formed properly or something....
 
Do 2 pins at once diagonally opposite, if you do them 1 at a time you leave a big gap for the last pin to be pressed into. Also make sure you have a space behind the pins or you are just pushing them onto the cardboard which won't give as easy as you might think.
 
garylouden, yeah that's exactly how i've approached it. I just don't know whether i'm being too careful - but i must stress my thumb is purple at the end from pressing down on the last pin. It's going to be insanely tight if i do get it fixed. I think the pin will break before i get it fotted at this rate.

I may try fixing it into the motherboard tray but tbh i think that will make things more scarey.

I'm beginning to wish i had waited/ordered the bolt fix.

Beep, i was concerned about the cardboard but the others seem unaffected but it may be a possibilty that that could be happening. As for pressing 2 down together it makes engineering sense but i'm unsure i have the strength to keep the board stable - esp if i slip...

Thanks for the relies, guys.

My board is bowed with just 3 pins connected - it's nuts!

Plec
 
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Hawker - i wish i you had been around 45 minutes ago - i think it would have saved a pint of fluid. Thanks - i'll try that if there's a next time.

Ok, i've got it on but f*%& me that's the hardest thing i've ver had to fit onto a motherboard. I'm sweating buckets and have stress a headache to match. I had a screwdriver in one of the metal pin guides at one point pressing down while i twisted with my thumb. Insane!

The board is bowing nicely now - which i have never witnessed before but if it boots up then i'll forget about it. The only worrying thing is that although i've got them all in they don't look comfortably splayed out beneath the mother board. But i'm not taking the beast off again - not until i get some bolts which i'll be oredering as soon as i now my system works.

Don't let my experience put others off - i get the impression mine was, perhaps, engineered badly - but as this was my first Akasa AK-965 i didn't know any different. In hindsight i think i should have given up - especially when i look at my bowing mb.

Thanks for the help guys - i'll let you know if it boots up.

Plec
 
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This is the exact reason that I ordered the bolt through kit with my Freezer 7. Have read horror stories like yours before so didn't even want to chance it.

The bolt through kit makes fitting (and re-fitting in future) a breeze!!

Steve
 
Ive got that cooler and had the exact same problem as you, I put it down to the copper base being uneven (combined with convex of cpu) made it impossible to get the last pin in! Ran it with 3 pins for a few weeks with good temps :) then ended up lapping my cpu to which it then fitted properly (totally flat surface) win/win :D
 
Yes, i realised that was easy to take off after the first agonizing 20 minutes of struggling - that was stupidity on my part.

Unfortunatley, i seemed to just have a very stubborn version as it gave me more thumb room but the last pin still proved to be a 'son of a' to press down - another 30 minutes worth.

As mentioned before i think i was just unlucky with the one i had but i had nothing to compare with it being my first push pin build - it happens. The system ,beyond all expectation, works fine however and idles at 22 degrees. I'm about to play around with clocking and it may prove, yet, to be worth all that stress and energy.

I just appreciate all the replies. i've been a member longer than my join date states as the original forums got wiped years ago - but it never fails to impress me how peeps are prepared to offer help and guidance.

Thanks again guys if it wasn't for this 'forum' and the 'general hardware forum' where i encountered another problem, when the build was finished, i think i would have thrown in the towel last night. As it was i had time to appreciate the new build and have a drink in celebration rather than drowning my hardware sorrows.

Plec
 
Well done m8ey, I had that problem with the stock cooler, my freezer went in no probs tho.

The must be something up with the manufacturing process of the pins that lets some work & others dont, either that or push pins are just a S*%t design :D
 
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