Thermalright has responded to my inquiry, and the short version is: they agree with you! :-)
Thanks Jorona and pendragon1 for your support. I'll post my discourse with Thermalright when I get pics, so it might help some other n00b save some time.
Thanks pendragon1. Yes - a 'little big'! There's not much to take apart, so I just did as you suggested in hopes that a miracle might occur (so far...no).
The HardwareReady video shows installation of a True Spirit 140 Direct on an 1151 socket. I had a little discussion about differences...
I'm happy to find some Thermalright True users on this subforum! I'd really appreciate your help.
This is my first build - finally! I'm installing a Thermalright True Spirit Direct on a i-7 6800k CPU, 2011-3 socket, on an ASRock Taichi motherboard.
I'm concerned that the gap between the top...