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Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.

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Name: insaneinthemembrane
Date: July 16, 2007 at 01:44:48 Pacific
Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.
OS: Windows XP sp2
CPU/Ram: Amd Venice 3000+/ 2x512 b
Model/Manufacturer: Asus

Comment:

I recently bought a new cpu heatsink, Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro with PWM. I bought this, hopping it would quiet down my current heatsink, which ran at nearly 5000rpm on load.
While installing the new heatsink, i was unable to complete pull down the lever, which locks the heatsink to the cpu. Though i've tried, it feels like i might break the lever if i push too hard. What should i do?

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: July 16, 2007 at 05:58:53 Pacific
Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.

Reply: (edit)

"What should i do?"
Push harder & hope for the best. How much thermal paste did you use?

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Response Number 2

Name: insaneinthemembrane
Date: July 16, 2007 at 14:42:32 Pacific
Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.

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It comes preapplied with the mx-1 thermal paste, which is supposed to be just as good as the arctic silver 5.
AMD 3000+ Venice
Asus A8V-E Deluxe
Crucial Ballistix 2x512 PC3200
EVGA 6800GS

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Response Number 3

Name: OtheHill
Date: July 18, 2007 at 17:04:15 Pacific
Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.

Reply: (edit)

Two questions. Are you sure the HS is designed to fit your MBoard. Are sure you haven't installed backward? Lever should be toward the outer edge of the MBoard.

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Response Number 4

Name: insaneinthemembrane
Date: July 19, 2007 at 00:46:35 Pacific
Subject: Cpu heatsink lever won't go down.

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i'm pretty sure the heatsink is designed to fit my mobo, and yea, the clip is on the outer edge of the mobo, exhausting the hot air out through the back of my case.
AMD 3000+ Venice
Asus A8V-E Deluxe
Crucial Ballistix 2x512 PC3200
EVGA 6800GS

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