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hclarkjr

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Pros: Twist those knobs clockwise (unlocked). Line up pins with holes in motherboard. Push the top left at the same time as bottom right.

Make sure you push the metal leg when connecting into the mobo. When the bottom snaps in (will click), push the head of the plastic pin down all the way, and then twist counter-clockwise to lock.

Cons: ONLY difficult to install if you dont realize what is going on

Other Thoughts: It really helps if you toy with the plastic pins before installing.

Turn clockwise to unlock. Note that you can push the pin down into itself, and pull it back up with some force. Now, push the pin completely down and then twist COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. The pin now cannot be lifted back up.

This may help. Just remember, leave it unlocked, click it into the motherboard by pushing the METAL LEGS. Then snap down the pins and lock them.
 
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hclarkjr

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myocardia, what purpose does taking the motherboard out have if no backplate is being installed? you are performing the same action with the board out as you are with the board in, correct?
 
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myocardia

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Originally posted by: hclarkjr
myocardia, what purpose does taking the motherboard out have if no backplate is being installed? you are performing the same action with the board out as you are with the board in, correct?
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Yes, you are doing the same action. The difference is that you aren't doing it the same way, if you have the motherboard mounted in a case. It takes ~20-30 pounds of force on the last two pins, to get them fully seated. If you try to put that much force on them, while the motherboard is mounted on it's standoffs, you're very likely to damage your motherboard-- motherboards aren't supposed to bend.;)

Anyway, you very likely don't have all four pins of your heatsink seated, because of the amount of pressure required to seat the last two. If they are seated with the motherboard out of the case, you could put 100 pounds of pressure on each pin if they required it, since you'd be able to put the same amount of pressure on the opposite side of the board with your other hand, keeping the board from flexing at all.
 
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Acanthus

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Originally posted by: SLIM
Originally posted by: CptCrunch
I have a freezer 7 pro and my cpu load is 55C in my CM690 case, Q6600 @ 1.325 VID @ 3.00GHz. It works fairly well, and for the money, it is definitely the best bang for the buck
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Yeah, what he said, you'll notice anand has the freezer 7 pro doing just fine against the TRUE. At 20 bucks you gotta great, quiet cooler.
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Although it is a good cooler, it is not nearly as good as the TRUE for overclocked quads.

That review doesnt have nearly the thermal load required to break a sweat for any of the coolers.
 
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Idontcare

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Originally posted by: myocardia
If you try to put that much force on them, while the motherboard is mounted on it's standoffs, you're very likely to damage your motherboard-- motherboards aren't supposed to bend.;)
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Interesting isn't it? The HSF guys could care less if you destroy your mobo in the process of installing their HSF as you aren't RMA'ing the mobo to them...that's the mobo maker's problem!

I always felt that the mobo makers should have coordinated with the HSF guys to come up with a standardized backplate design (threads, strength, flex tolerance, etc) that would actually be incorporated into the motherboard itself.

After all they coordinate on a standard spec for the HSF pinhole placement (dimensions, location, clearance, etc) so its not like the right people aren't talking to each other already.

And since the standoff height is already a spec as well (so the case manufacturers get there PCIe slots lined up right with the IO panel, etc) why not just make the integrated backplate be a functional supportive standoff so when you install your HSF it doesn't matter (from a flex damage standpoint) whether your mobo is sitting on the case standoffs or not as the whole CPU socket area is well supported.

There has got to be some obvious and good reason why this won't work (cost perhaps, too many pennies involved) as it hasn't been implemented or pursued to date and I'm sure its come up a time or two in the internal mtgs at the mobo makers.
 
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BonzaiDuck

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Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: jjmIII
THERMALRIGHT LGA775 BOLT-THRU KIT FOR ULTRA-120, ULTRA-90, AND HR-01

I used to think push pins were OK......until I bought a few of these kits. This kit works great, and is very simple. Who ever designed it should get a medal!
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I love the bolt thru kits. I have no problem installing push-pins but bolt-thru just makes more sense.
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I would deduce that bolt-thru-backplate-design might keep the mobo from warping, where push-pins might encourage it. But I have no empirical evidence in that regard.

I DO try to avoid adding extra weight of fans to coolers that exceed 700 grams, and attempt to mount the fans differently. This leads me to ducting the cooler exhaust to a case-mounted exhaust fan, mounting fans on the rear of drive cages that draw intake past the drives and force the air through a duct to the front side of the cooler, or at least choosing a cooler-mounted fan that is light-weight.

On thing I discovered: You can glue a stock Intel 92mm PWM fan after removing the push-pins to the inside surface of a 120x25mm fan-frame.
 
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