Scared to use Tuniq Tower 120 again...

[Nydomos]

A week or so ago, I replaced the stock HSF for my E6400 with the Tuniq Tower 120.

Worked fine for a day, the next day it didn't POST. local tech shop said the socket 775 pins were bent.

I am not sure how that happened. I have a feeling it was because of the tuniq tower 120. (either that, or inserted CPU wrong).

(Old mobo was a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, ordered a Abit IP35 to replace it)


Should I try to use the Tuniq Tower 120 again, and risk my new motherboard?

Also, I might have tightened the screws too much. How tight should they be? (I turned them as far as they would go)

 

[zero2dash]

Sounds like you tightened too much.

Your experience is making me rethink my "don't buy the AC F7P because of the plastic pushpins" mentality.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: Nydomos
Worked fine for a day, the next day it didn't POST. local tech shop said the socket 775 pins were bent.

Sorry, but I don't understand what this means... do you?

Sockets are just that - holes. The pins are on the CPU.

If YOU bent the pins on the CPU, by inserting it into the socket in the wrong direction, didn't release the ZIF socket lever, didn't seat the CPU all the way down in the socket before mounting the cooler or whatever, how is this the fault of the Tuniq?

I'm calling user error on this one!

Why don't you have the "local tech shop" install the Tuniq this time?!?!?!

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Nydomos
A week or so ago, I replaced the stock HSF for my E6400 with the Tuniq Tower 120.

Worked fine for a day, the next day it didn't POST. local tech shop said the socket 775 pins were bent.

I am not sure how that happened. I have a feeling it was because of the tuniq tower 120. (either that, or inserted CPU wrong).

(Old mobo was a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, ordered a Abit IP35 to replace it)


Should I try to use the Tuniq Tower 120 again, and risk my new motherboard?

Also, I might have tightened the screws too much. How tight should they be? (I turned them as far as they would go)

sounds like user error....

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
sounds like user error....

That's funny!

We must have been typing that at the same time...

Anyway, on my setup, if I tighten the Tuniq screws all the way down - until the threads bottom out in the hole - the pins on the BOTTOM of my socket (the ones that are used to solder the socket to the mobo) will touch the mobo tray. Soooo, maybe that's what the techs were talking about!

It sounds like his pins were extending down quite a ways before the bottom of the mobo - the OP overtightened the screws on the Tuniq - and while it initially worked okay, after 24 hours or so, the pins grounded out - either on the case, or his mobo tray. If he would have noticed this during installation, he could have used longer standoffs on the bottom of the mobo, yada, yada, yada...

That would be my best *guess*.

 

[SparkyJJO]

VinDSL, LGA 775 isn't holes, and the pins aren't on the CPU. It is backwards. Seems retarded to me but that is how intel decided to do things I guess. Just means that if you bend a pin you can't straighten it out but have to buy a new mobo. Really really stupid IMO.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
VinDSL, LGA 775 isn't holes, and the pins aren't on the CPU. It is backwards. Seems retarded to me but that is how intel decided to do things I guess. Just means that if you bend a pin you can't straighten it out but have to buy a new mobo. Really really stupid IMO.

OMG! Really? I had no idea...

Well, thanks for that, bro!

Just Wiki'ed it...

Socket T, also known as LGA775, is Intel's latest desktop CPU socket. LGA stands for Land Grid Array. The word "socket" is now a misnomer, because an LGA775 motherboard has no socket holes, instead it has 775 protruding pins which touch contact points on the underside of the processor (CPU).[1]

I guess it's time to upgrade!

 

[swtethan]

You broke it! There is no way to overtighten a screw on a Thermalright Ultra 120x, you can only screw it in so much.

but! on my big typhoon, you could tighten it til the bracket broke, never did but I think you did it yourself.

 

[SolMiester]

Originally posted by: VinDSL

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
VinDSL, LGA 775 isn't holes, and the pins aren't on the CPU. It is backwards. Seems retarded to me but that is how intel decided to do things I guess. Just means that if you bend a pin you can't straighten it out but have to buy a new mobo. Really really stupid IMO.

OMG! Really? I had no idea...

Well, thanks for that, bro!

Just Wiki'ed it...

Socket T, also known as LGA775, is Intel's latest desktop CPU socket. LGA stands for Land Grid Array. The word "socket" is now a misnomer, because an LGA775 motherboard has no socket holes, instead it has 775 protruding pins which touch contact points on the underside of the processor (CPU).[1]

I guess it's time to upgrade!

WOW, I missed that one too.......where have I been?

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: SolMiester
WOW, I missed that one too.......where have I been?

LoL!

Dude, I was checking out an eVGA nForce 680i SLI (122-CK-NF68-T1) at PC Club the other day - gorgeous mobo BTW - pics don't do it justice!

I musta looked at it for 20 minutes and didn't notice the "socket" had pins, not holes...

Shocker! :shocked:

 

[toughwimp11]

Originally posted by: zero2dash
Sounds like you tightened too much.

Your experience is making me rethink my "don't buy the AC F7P because of the plastic pushpins" mentality.

i LOVED the pushpins, installed the acf7p in 2 minutes on my first pc

 

[Nydomos]

In my defense, I did not install the CPU. MY buddy did that while I was lapping the HSF.

How tight should I tighten the screws?