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despotofmidnor

despotofmidnor

despotofmidnor

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Hi, im building my 1st pc. Im trying to put a freezer xtream cooler on my cpu, but i cant figure out wats going wrong.
The hooks wont reach the anchors either side of the cpu.
With the screws at their furthest point befor droping out i can only hook one side under :-s
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I imagin im doing something deadly wrong.

Please help.
 
They can be fairly hard to put on, obviously don't go to mad, a little extra shove may do it ;).

Is the board external or in the case, sometimes it can be easier outside.
 
i just put it in. Should i take out and push it on. Just feel like im gonna dent/crush the cpu :-s
How tight should i do the screws once its on?
Or if i have to force it on is that ok, just the screws are at their furthest point atm.
 
despotofmidnor said:
Do i just need to force it/push realy hard?
Dont wana crush summet :-s
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Basically, yes. It's feels wrong but you do have to apply quite a bit of force to get these on.

My last cooler bowed my mobo once it was on - i had to force one pin on with a screwdriver to get enough force on to it... :/

Edit - i would take the board out - it's always far easier to get a cpu cooler on externally.
 
p.s. never built a pc befor, will def do again. just getting a mass of parcels and components was awsome, also knowing how it all goes together is a great experience, even if i little worrying ;-)
 
Looking at the manual the screws need to be loose, hook the cooler over the retension module then tighten screws.

You shouldnt crush anything, you need good contact :)
 
despotofmidnor said:
p.s. never built a pc befor, will def do again. just getting a mass of parcels and components was awsome, also knowing how it all goes together is a great experience, even if i little worrying ;-)
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Buildings the easy part - it's getting the bugger to work after that's the tricky bit :)

Good luck.
 
despotofmidnor said:
also, thanks Plec for the post in one of my other threds on how to under clock my ram :-)
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No worries, let us know how you get on - it's alway interesting to hear the progress of a first time build.

It's the fine tuning of these modern systems that can be the tricky part but a lot of the time they boot up and identify all the right components. - here's hoping yours does. If it doesn't it's only a few minutes on the forums and the members should get your build/install back on track.

TBH, getting modern coolers on is practically the hardest part - so your half way there...
 
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