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a64 TDX install guide?

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where are the install guides for these things? The ones with only two mounting posts? where does the spacer go? can I use the support bracket thats already on my motherboard since the threads match up?
 
dangerden has install guides on their website. but in theory, your'e right.
 
no one has pics or even a written description of how to install the A64 version with only 2 posts, not the 4 post version.
 
i had the same problem, and you are right, the only guide they have is for an athlon xp. my board has a backing plate on it, so i just unscrewed the heatsink mounting bracket, and then put the long threaded poles into where the screws were. then i put on the springs and started tightening it. luckily, a64s have a heatspreader, so they are hard to crush if you overtighten or tighten unevenly.
 
I just emailed dangerden. To me, it looks like the spacers could go between the mobo and the block, or inside of the spring as some kind of measurement for how far you've compressed it. Too bad i can't get this installed, would have been nice to actually use my new system this weekend...
 
found this pic in a a64 tdx review
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unowned :)
 
the email to DD pointed me to the Video for the RBX on DD's website, so after 1 hour downloading the 11MB file...

Use the existing backing plates, thread the post into the backing plate, then put the nut on there and tighten it down. Next put the heatsink on, a washer, the spacer, the spring (will fit over the spacer), the other washer, and finally the thumbscrew. Tighten the thumbscrew down evenly on both sides (either turn one then the other, or turn both simultaneously) until it almost touches the spacer. You would be much more likely to damage the CPU if you overtightened to the point of hitting the spacer, so I'd leave a tiny gap. You may want to do this outside the case so you can easily see where you're at.

oh yeah, I also used some loctite blue when threading the post into the backing plate.
 
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