Zalman 7000 bending the Motherboard

[gcol]

Hi,
I just fitted the Zalman 7000Cu to my Asus K8NE Deluxe board and am concerned about the fitment.

I took off the perfectly good steel brace that's on the back of the motherboard and replaced it with the cheap plastic Zalman one and screwed the pillars into it to hold it in place. I then screwed down the heatsink to the pillars.

The instructions were clear and I'm 100% sure that I did it right, it's just that it seems as though the heatsink is held in place extremely tightly. So much so that the plastic brace has bent and the motherboard is distorted now. Surely this can't be right.

The only thing I can think is wrong is that Zalman have a quality problem and the support pillars are too short.

I connected everything up and it works ok but I just don't like the idea of the board being bent like this.
Has anyone else had the same experience?

gcol

 

[Rip the Jacker]

I think the AlCu weighs less...?

 

[Waylay00]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
I think the AlCu weighs less...?

Yes...and?

 

[dev0lution]

Sure the backplate is oriented the right way (face up to the bottom of the mobo)?

 

[gcol]

Itmpls - it's nothing to do with the weight, it's how hard the heatsink it being pulled to the cpu.

Dev0lution - Yeah I'm positive the backplate is on correctly. I think I'll fit washers under where the heatsink screws down to relieve some of the tension.

gcol

 

[imported_Kensai]

I've used a 7700Cu without any problems and these guys are *HUGE* so I don't see a problem with the 7000s.

 

[churcheo]

I did this type of thing once with an adapter for an AMD 64, the screws were much to long to make it sit flush with the board, so when I tightened it, it bent the board. I just grinded the tips down so I didn't ruin the threading and it worked fine. Are the screws too large?