- Mar 29, 2005
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I ordered the Asus SLI-Deluxe and AMD FX-55 with retail fan/heatsink.
Processor drops into Mobo no problem, of course ... but the heatsink .... no way will it lock. It doesn't matter how hard I yank on the plastic locking lever, it will not lock ... and I have pushed down on it plenty hard.
I tried reseating the heatsink, but it already felt welded to the CPU (and power was never even applied to the CPU/Mobo). Of course, I finally got it off, but not without half of the thermal pad stuck to the processor, and the other half stuck to the heat sink. So, I stuck it in again, exactly per both the Mobo and AMD instructions. I can get the retaning clips over the socket, but I can't possibly pull the plastic lock into the locked position.
FWIW, it is the heatsink with the copper pipes wrapped around it.
The HS seems to stay stuck to the chip, and may work without the lock (?), but as this is a workstation that will be running 24/7, I don't know if I am that thrilled without it being officially locked into place. And the removal of the heatsink with the thermal pad coming half off on the chip gives me pasue for concern too.
Does anyone have any idea on how to get the FX-55 Heatsink to lock onto the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe.
My first thought was that the HS was defective, but that is quite rare.
Processor drops into Mobo no problem, of course ... but the heatsink .... no way will it lock. It doesn't matter how hard I yank on the plastic locking lever, it will not lock ... and I have pushed down on it plenty hard.
I tried reseating the heatsink, but it already felt welded to the CPU (and power was never even applied to the CPU/Mobo). Of course, I finally got it off, but not without half of the thermal pad stuck to the processor, and the other half stuck to the heat sink. So, I stuck it in again, exactly per both the Mobo and AMD instructions. I can get the retaning clips over the socket, but I can't possibly pull the plastic lock into the locked position.
FWIW, it is the heatsink with the copper pipes wrapped around it.
The HS seems to stay stuck to the chip, and may work without the lock (?), but as this is a workstation that will be running 24/7, I don't know if I am that thrilled without it being officially locked into place. And the removal of the heatsink with the thermal pad coming half off on the chip gives me pasue for concern too.
Does anyone have any idea on how to get the FX-55 Heatsink to lock onto the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe.
My first thought was that the HS was defective, but that is quite rare.