Heatsink touching a capacitor.. a problem ?

mcgivney · 17 Feb 2009 at 12:58

Hi guys, ive jsut built my system last night, took me around 6 hours, then at the end found i had to take off the cpu cooler for ajustment.. after removing motherboard etc.. and re placing it on my board, ive noticed the copper headsink baseplate slightly touches two solid state capacitors around the CPU dock.. Is this a problem ?

Its a Biostar t power i45 board, with an tuniq tower 120 cooler...

Cheers.

SoundsGood · 17 Feb 2009 at 13:10

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mcgivney · 17 Feb 2009 at 13:13

cheers buddy - im notthat worried, just didnt know if it owuld casue problems

*back to reasembly*

Cheers again ;]

Faffer · 17 Feb 2009 at 13:26

You could try rotating the Tuniq Tower by 90 degrees if you're concerned. It may give you a little more clearance from the capacitors.

misterPK · 17 Feb 2009 at 16:18

A simple precaution is to put a strip or two of electrical tape on the backplate where it would touch the capacitors. If you stick the tape to the backplate rather than the motherboard it will be a lot easier and safer if you ever want to take it off.

PK!