Probably not. As long as the heatsink is on properly and stays on it should be fine. Try and tighten the screws a little bit each to avoid uneaven pressure. You can try it with the retention bracket first and see if it fits perhaps.gam3r said:nope didn't come with any instructions. there is quite a bit of clearance between the bottom of the board and the underside of the heatsink. Should i have left the original retention bracket which came with the mobo on?
Joe42 said:Those screws look like self tapping plastic screws, not metal screws, which means they must go into something plastic, and not a metal backplate. Although i can't see them very clearly in the photo.
Wasn't there any backplate supplied with it?
Do the screws screw into the current backplate ok?
When you tried it with the retention bracket, does it not fit because the heatsink is bigger than the bracket?
I should think you fit it without the retention bracket, and the springs are supposed to be quite stiff. Try it without a cpu first and see if it all fits ok.
That ought to be enough i would have thought. You can put a lot of pressure on these cpus you know.gam3r said:ahhhhh...so im stuckI got one of the springs to compress by using a adjustable pipe spanner but its really tough. Now it touches the hole but not the threads inside.