Installing Thermalright SLK-947U

[tomyhill598]

I am having trouble installing this heatsink. This is my first computer that I ever will have built, and I am already stuck. Thermalright's directions on their webpage sucks. Anyway, I took out the regular HSF mounting bracket on the mobo, put those "standoff's" in the four holes, put the processor in, applied some Arctic Silver 5, and then tried to attach the heatsink. They provide you with some spring loaded screws, which are to be screwed into the standoffs. I did this, and the heatsink will just lift up because there is nothing holding the standoff's on the bottom of the mobo. What does the bottom of the standoff's screw into so the HS wont just lift up? Thanks for ANY info.

 

[Vonkhan]

ey u fool .... u forgot to install the mounting plate on the underside of the mobo y'kno the fat black X-shaped metal thingie?

:beer:

 

[tomyhill598]

JESUS! Their "instructions" do not say to mount the black mounting plate. I feel retarded...but now only the two top holes of the mounting plate match up with my case...its an Antec PlusView 1000AMG. It will either match up with the top hole of the mounting plate or the bottom holes. Does it need all four to match?

 

[Vonkhan]

tommy, i'm gonna slap u

the black mounting plate goes on the underside of the mobo ... NOT the mobo tray!


This is what u do:

1. remove the original retention bracket and all
2. hold the X-plate UNDER the mobo, with the black rubber coating facing the mobo's surface and visually align it with the mounting holes
3. take a standoff screw, put it in a mounting hole - align it with a corner hole of the X-plate
4. Screw in the standoff so that it goes thru the mobo AND the X-plate (u'll have to squeeze the X-plate towards the mobo's surface)
5. Now repeat step 5 for a standoff that u'll screw diagnolly opposite to the one that u just screwed in. U'll need to put more pressue on the X-plate - dont be scared, just be careful
6. Repeat 4 & 5 for the 2 remaining stanoffs
7. Put the thermal goop on the cpu in the ZIF socket + underside of SLK-947
7. Put the 947 on the cpu and screw in the spring-screws in the diagnol pattern
8. :beer:

 

[tomyhill598]

Thanks a lot man...you saved my life! That was much easier than expected, but I just wasnt too sure about everything. Thanks for breaking the steps down.