GigaByte 880GM-UD2H Northbridge chipset loose

franco_22 · 11 Jan 2011 at 21:15

I just got this and the Northbridge chipset is really loose, it's got some sort of molex pin and it's barely touching the motherboard, is this normal?

Edit: Okay, I think Im being really dumb, I've been up for too long and I think im just panicking, finished installing cpu, psu, hdd, ram etc and now find this -_-. Its got 2 kinda push pins on each corner that push down, im guessing their to lock it in place, im afraid to touch them thou. I hope i dont have to rma this -.-.

arknor · 11 Jan 2011 at 21:27

does it feel loose? like wobbly?

install it and get http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html running
TMPIN 3 is probably the northbridge temprature, it is on my 890GPA-UD3h anyway

idle mines around 33 , under load 40 ish

franco_22 · 11 Jan 2011 at 21:31

Yeah it feels a little wobbly, im not sure if im meant to do something with the push pins to fix it thou, i dunno it just doesnt seem to be touching the board.

franco_22 · 11 Jan 2011 at 22:07

Man, forgot to order a freaking dvd'rw so im gonna have to order 1, install windows and check temperatures before i know if i have to rma or not, -.-

Just read online, it seems like this is normal, paste under heatsink isn't adhesive and the chipset is much smaller so thats why it feels wobbly.
I hope so anyway. Man, panicked there for a moment.