I mounted the cooler way too tight on my MSI x370 Carbon motherboard and it resulted in the CPU losing contact with the pins in its default mounted state.
To resolve this, I opened up the mounting mechanism and realized a piece of the plastic was broken.
I am attaching pictures of how the socket looks like now & a replacement which I got from eBay. Is super glue the best way to fix the broken plastic piece and slide the cover on top?
This is what I ordered -
To resolve this, I opened up the mounting mechanism and realized a piece of the plastic was broken.
I am attaching pictures of how the socket looks like now & a replacement which I got from eBay. Is super glue the best way to fix the broken plastic piece and slide the cover on top?
This is what I ordered -