Am I safe w/o Thermalright LGA Bolt-Thru Kit?

[gba]

I am doing a system for a general purpose user with an Intel Pentium E2200 Allendale 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor. I am planning to use the stock heatsink, which is one of the very low profile jobs and (in my estimation) should not want to pop off too easily.

Assuming I could get the Thermalright LGA Bolt-Thru Kit to work with this heatsink, should I be worrying about the heatsink falling off in the unlikely event that the box is ever transported?

thanks

 

[BassBomb]

nothing wrong with the stock heatsink, most enthusiasts just prefer using a bolt style application

watch out because it bows some motherboards (does with mine) but makes proper contact regardless

 

[gba]

Thanks for the quick reply, BassBomb. So this heatsink's spring-loaded fasteners are not known to come loose, as is the case with larger LGA 775 stock heatsinks?

 

[BassBomb]

Originally posted by: gba
Thanks for the quick reply, BassBomb. So this heatsink's spring-loaded fasteners are not known to come loose, as is the case with larger LGA 775 stock heatsinks?

As long as you make sure that the black things are pointing the right way they should not come loose.

A good way to check this is if you have your board outside (or can view the back) make sure the small black "needles" poke through, this will ensure a firm fit.

When I was trying to put my HSF back on it wouldn't stay because those black sides were rotated and thus would not allow the black needle to stay through to hold it down

 

[gba]

Originally posted by: BassBomb

Originally posted by: gba
Thanks for the quick reply, BassBomb. So this heatsink's spring-loaded fasteners are not known to come loose, as is the case with larger LGA 775 stock heatsinks?

As long as you make sure that the black things are pointing the right way they should not come loose.

A good way to check this is if you have your board outside (or can view the back) make sure the small black "needles" poke through, this will ensure a firm fit.

When I was trying to put my HSF back on it wouldn't stay because those black sides were rotated and thus would not allow the black needle to stay through to hold it down

Thanks.. that makes perfect sense...