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I am building my computer now and the CPU cooler will not fit.
I have the Phenom II 965 and Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX motherboard.
I read the instructions and it says I have to push down. I really pushed down hard and the retention brackets just won't reach...One bracket can fit at any given time but both of them together just isn't working.
I even did the unthinkable and took the cooler off to try it the other way. The paste appears to be spread on the cpu and cooler fine (it was pre applied) but do I really have to re apply it? Everything came from where I ordered (ebuyer) except for the thermal paste and because it was pre applied I decided not to bother moaning.
Any suggestions? Also continuing with the same method of just pushing it down a bit harder will break it so please don't say that. Thanks
Edie: I did unlock it as well
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as long as the thermal paste is still wet your fine in that area, check and make sure that the cooler supports your socket type, what cooler are you using?
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We need to know what CPU cooler you have.
Any suggestions? Also continuing with the same method of just pushing it down a bit harder will break it so please don't say that. Thanks
How do you know? For instance, when installing my CPU (i5-2500k) into the Gigabyte UD3H mobo, it actually felt like I was going to break it, so I stopped. Researched online, and found this to be normal. So I pushed harder, and it worked.  (Don't push harder without research, though.)
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i have researched and it can be pushed...but damn i pushed so hard it began to hurt my fingers so i had to stop
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Lol.
Do you still need help with this? If you do, what CPU cooler do you have? Stock, or aftermarket? If aftermarket, what model?
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I'm geussing you have stock...the dreaded amd stock cooler, it's horrible lol, just push hard and keep trying
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i have tried stock and bflip you seem to be correct it is horrible, a friend gave me some filler to add a few mils of height to the stand but i am really not sure about that even though it looked fine.
also have the arctic cooler freezer 7 pro but the stand is completely different to the 1 already in the motherboard and the only way it seems to be able to fit in is if i drill through the damn thing!
any chance i can find a stand compatible with my mobo and this fan or will i have to replace the fan with a different 1? i will be popping to a computer shop in a few hours to ask for some advice if i can't find a solution to things online :/
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If you take your motherboard along with the CPU cooler, I'm sure your local computer shop will be able to help you with it.
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AMD heatsink is SO SO SO MUCH EASIER to install than the Intel hetasink.
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Hi,
I have the same cpu and motherboard (it's great imo). I had the same problem you had with stock cpu heatsink/fan, but I eventually put the heatsink/fan on without too much trouble. Here, I think the cpu can take some pressure as the outside of the cpu is just the shell and the important stuff is located inside with a small gap from the shell I think. I would say that one should be more aware of the flexing on the motherboard than the pressure exerted on the cpu.
It initially seems like a lot of applied force, but follow the instructions, note the motherboard flexing and it should be ok.
I'm using the Coolermaster 212+ cpu aftermarket cooler now.
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You need to apply very hard pressure on all sides.
I suggest you take a square metal plate 2-3cm2 bigger than the cooler, put it on top of the cooler and with both hands push down hard.
the plate is to have equal pressure applied on all sides of the cooler in order to go in.
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On February 28 2011 22:30 bflip wrote:
I'm geussing you have stock...the dreaded amd stock cooler, it's horrible lol, just push hard and keep trying
This. You don't want to know how hard I had to push to get mine in place.. I'm surprised I didn't break the motherboard.
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As long as you have your mobo mounted correctly, you won''t break it. You could probably stand on your heatsink without risk of damaging the motherboard. The case is bearing all of the load.
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I recently put an new fan on my AMD Phenom II. I also had the feeling I would break it if i applied more force, but I think the cpu and motherboard can really take more pressure than you would think.However, I heard it is important to apply the pressure evenly, so that you don't damage the cpu.
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I have the exact same setup. I was a bit suprised by this aswell, but you just have to push like you're giving birth to quadruplets.
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i found stock amd heatsinks a breeze to install :/
you just hook the top latch on the heatsink(one without the lever) on the mobo facing north of the cpu
then (making sure the lever is unlocked) push down to get the second latch to hook onto the bottom hook. you just have to push REALLY hard and once the latch is hooked, push the lever down and its done.
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With the AMD bracket, you just have to put the lever in the unlocked position and then the clips go on quite easily. You'd never get the damned thing off otherwise. If you have the lever in the locked position or halfway between, then you'll need a massive amount of force.
Intel heatsinks are much harder.
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I guess I'm the only one thinking that Intel heatsinks are a piece of cake to install...
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On March 01 2011 04:05 AyameStarcraft wrote:
I guess I'm the only one thinking that Intel heatsinks are a piece of cake to install...
Those plastic pins are a pain. But there are other reasons to choose heatsinks that use a better mounting system.
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I think I had the same motherboard (if not very similar) and AMD Phenom II 1055T, I bought a separate HSF (I think it was ~$25) because I was tipped by a friend that the stock fan was loud and useless. Well, fitting in that HSF was moderately difficult, but it snapped on with some effort.
So yeah, don't be afraid to push it on... probably won't break.
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