When putting the heatsink on the CPU has your screwdriver ever slipped?

[Jadow]

When putting a heatsink on the cpu, has your screwdriver ever slipped and smashed onto the motherboard?

 

[Sid59]

yes .. but my mobo toughed it out.

 

[bob4432]

no, i hope i didn't just jinx myself......

 

[slightlyhuman]

back in the 2100+ days, mine did and it hit something on the mobo, when I turned the system on(not knowing it hurt it) my 2100+ popped and had a black bubble on the bottom of it

I haev the mobo still as a memory inmy pc locker.


You wuold think the manufacturers would make that job a little easier. God I hate the clips for AMD

 

[Sheriff]

Ahhh the memory's and how I lucked out

 

[samgau]

Yup... but afaik it didn't damage the mobo...

 

[LesPaul]

Use a nut driver and you won't have to worry about slippage.

 

[thunderhorse]

Ah,,,, yes. The motherboard with the screw driver stuck out of it, hanging on my wall. OUCH!!!!!!

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: Sid59
yes .. but my mobo toughed it out.

Ditto, and done it several times, always hated doing that part.

LesPaul, defintely has a good idea of using a nut driver instead. Will keep that in mind.

 

[Epsil0n00]

Yes, but thank god it wasn't my PC! It was an old PentiumII. LOL! It didn't damage it though...

On my personal PCs I use screw-mounted heatsinks so I don't have to deal with slipping screwdrivers and chipped CPU dies.
It is all about the PAL Alpha 8045!

 

[Ionizer86]

Yes, happens all the time, so I'm not worried about it anymore though. My new 8RDA+ now has this plastic shield by the socket so that it'll be even safer

As for the 8045: I've owned one since it was a monster back then. But I decided to upgrade to the AX-7 (which lowered my temps by about 3 degrees), and I noticed how much of a chore it was to take the HSF and the mounting apparatus out of the board.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Yeah, killed a celeron board too. Good thing is was just a junker machine that was on the way out, just salvaging parts. Some of which I still use. Use a HS from it as my southbridge heatsink.

 

[Tom]

I ruined a memory module once by knocking a resister off of it, then ruined the motherboard by turning it on with the memory still installed.

all because of screwdriver slipping while installing HSF on Athlon.

 

[Mem]

Nope never had that problem,you can always use long nose pliers .

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: samgau
Yup... but afaik it didn't damage the mobo...

 

[Megatomic]

Yeah, I have. Once I even put a deep scratch in the conformal coating, but the board survived.

 

[zodder]

I remember the muffled shriek that escaped as it slipped and I prayed that nothing happened.

 

[DarkSarkas]

Oh yes... many times. I've never lost a motherboard to it yet though.

After the last time it happened I made a resolution only to use screw-based heatsinks, so I didn't have to deal with the clip problem. Thermalright is my HS of choice, though the Alphas are good too.

 

[Cerb]

Yes, twice. Both motherboards are still running flawlessly. I have since learned to take the time to find a screwdriver that fits just right, though .

 

[Markfw]

Thank god AMD made the new socket 754 HSF mounting (almost) idiot-proof ! They are so easy, no tools, clip left, a tiny bit of pressure on the right, then turn pressure lever clockwise half turn !

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: derrickperry
back in the 2100+ days, mine did and it hit something on the mobo, when I turned the system on(not knowing it hurt it) my 2100+ popped and had a black bubble on the bottom of it

I haev the mobo still as a memory inmy pc locker.


You wuold think the manufacturers would make that job a little easier. God I hate the clips for AMD

You mean socket 462 and Intel's socket 370 was just as bad, so don't be blaming AMD only.
Also, that's one great thing for the A64 and Opterons...it still takes some pressure, but it's foolproof and there's no way to damage the motherboard or CPU doing it (unless maybe you're drunk at the time...). Much better than the one for socket 478, but I've heard rumors that when Intel makes the move to 775, they will have a similar new clip design.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: LesPaul
Use a nut driver and you won't have to worry about slippage.

The problem there is on clips where you need to pull the tab out so it will go over the socket tab.
Coolermaster *grmuble grumble*. I love ThermalRight's clip, though...never had even the slightest slip with one.

 

[JBT]

I have once it didn't kill the board but it scatched the PCB a little bit though. It works fine to this day. I hated the old SK6+ that thing had the smallest clip ever It was a chour to get that off. I always try to use nut drivers but not with that thing thank god my SLK900a is MUCH easier.

 

[Elcs]

Yep.... I hit the little silver strip that ABIT so kindly put on my board so that if I did slip, I would be less likely to damage something.

 

[Jadow]

ok, it's 35-5 and we're pretty smart people. I think they need to redo the way they all design those damn things.