Having trouble attaching my heatsink

JackyBoy · 16 Dec 2006 at 23:59

Hi guys I've been tirelessly setting up my rig this afternoon, and I've come to the stage of fitting my arctic cooling freezer 7 to my micro ATX motherboard

(Asrock Conroe945G-DVI (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard)

My only worry is that it seems to take an awful lot of pressure to clip the heatsink on to the motherboard, and I'm worried about the motherboard cracking.

Is it a sensible idea to take the motherboard out of the case and then attach the cooler, so it isn't propped up on the screws, or should I quit whining, and just force the heatsink on

Is it very easy to crack a motherboard doing this kind of operation?

Thanks a lot guys,

4T5 · 17 Dec 2006 at 00:06

Order of build should be CPU in Heatsink on, Ram in then install board.
When the board is out you can make sure it is properly seated before you apply any pressure.

Spuderoony · 17 Dec 2006 at 00:20

Had a similar problem earlier. Was having to press too hard because CPU wasn't quite sat right. So check that.

JackyBoy · 17 Dec 2006 at 13:52

thanks guys I took it out and attached it outside the case. I'll hopefully have it up and running by tonight

just working out the fiddly system panel header at the mo