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Heatsink pressure on CPU

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MikeMania

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So I decided to buy a new cpu fansink.My CPU socket type is 478, which has a frame around the cpu in which you hook some clip type things to hold down the cooler.

Now once I placed everything and booted up the computer, everything sounded fine but it just gave a blank black screen. Now when I installed the cooler, I had to use enormous strength to pull the opposite ends of the clips to hook, I struggled. I looked at the pictures in the manual and it illustrated the frame as having much higher holes to put the hooks through, therefore theoretically putting less stress on the hooks. Now I'm worried my CPU may be damaged, but its a P4 from a very old system so its not as big a loss. Are the frames for this socket type basically universal? Or are various sizes something I should have taken into consideration as well?

It might not even be this thats the problem, but I just want to eliminate possible explanations to get this thing fixed.

Anyone have any thoughts on what is going on?
thanks
 
You're not suppose to struggle like that when installing your heatsink, you installed it incorrectly.

Did you remove the CPU during this process?

You might not have damaged the CPU but the components around the socket if you came into contact with them.

Re-install the cooler intuitively since I don't know the model # of the CPU cooler, etc

Please state more information of your cooler, try to find a review on the web that shows proper installation.
 
Yea, i'm more or likely convinced that its too tight a fit, but as for installation goes, it was pretty straight forward and everything went fine and dandy except it was hard to clip in. Heres a pic of how it works from an online manual.

heatsink.jpg


Now the pic is probably in no way to scale, but the four columns you see there with the holes are much lower on mine than those so you can imagine it probably would put more stress on the metal hooks. The cooler was a perfect fit in the bracket and the holes only faced one direction so there is no way I hooked em on the wrong sides.

The cooler is a vantex areoflow fx92

Thanks for the info.
 
I doubt there were any issues caused by that, considering the heatspreader can withstand a considerable amount of pressure. Have you tried removing the new cooler and putting it back on? If not, give it a shot and see if it works. If it does, chances are that the new cooler is causing a short somewhere. If it still doesn't work, then the issue might be a little more complex.
 
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