heatsink won't fit!?!

[qwex]

I just got my athlon tbird 900, and kt7-raid mobo...I got the proc in the socket, now I need to put on that giant heatsink that came with it. I got the first side on properly, but when I push down the other side of the latch, the hook doesn't reach the lug on the other side of the socket! what should I do? and should pushing down the other side of the latch require lots of pressure?

 

[office boy]

LOT'S of pressure :frown:

 

[Fardringle]

Yep, the new heatsinks take quite a bit of force to get them attached, just make sure you push slowly or you may end up snapping one of the tabs off of the motherboard... :Q

 

[Navi]

or worse yet....crushing the core =[

-Navi (have your crushed your core today?)

 

[Bignate603]

Be careful! i got my C'orb on but taking it of took one of those lugs with it! I'm stuck with a cheapy cooler till the new taisol comes out with the new clip.

 

[sswingle]

I had the same problem too. Couldn't get the thing to clip on no matter how hard I tried. I finally took the metal bar out, and bent it a little. It was still tight, like it needs to be, but I was able to get it on

 

[nateholtrop]

those damn things hurt your thumbs so much they feel like you pressed that thin metal through your skin.

Nate

 

[StickHead]

It's kind of a two man job. One to push down un-godly hard on the clip and another to pull the clip out to hook it to the lug.

 

[qwex]

it's amazing that the processor is so great, yet the heat sink is so poorly designed. I know it has to be tight, but the way they have is surely unnecessarily difficult. time to bend the latch some more