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sweendeezy

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I have my old ASUS crossfire V formula z motherboard, 8350, and ram that I gave to my mom and to build her computer. I bought a corsair h100i V2 because it works so well with my new build that I figured I would put it in her build as well. Well when I built my last machine I had a coolermaster air cooler on there that didn't require the back plate that came with the motherboard, the new water cooler does. I went to install this cooler and the way the back place I would assume it has to go it doesn't screw down tight, I ended up putting in on backwards and am getting an error code FF from the motherboard. I can only assume the error code is because the board is shorting out because the backplate is on wrong.

So my question is, how should I install this cooler with the motherboards backplate? it says to take off the plastic things for the stock cooler and screw in the set screws in, but since there is a lip it won't make for a good heat sink because its loose like really loose, what am I doing wrong?
 
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amtseung

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On the original H100i, all you had to do was stick the magnetic bracket on the right direction, loosely screw the eyelets into the magnetic bracket, and mount as if any other tension bar AMD cooler, and then screw the eyelets against the bracket until finger/thumb tight. I have no idea how the v2 works, but something sounds not quite right if you have to screw the waterblock directly to the motherboard.

Maybe you didn't hook both sides in all the way, so it's still kinda loose and floppy?
 
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sweendeezy

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There is no hooks, the standoffs screw into the backplate there is no other hardware for amd installation. It tells you to take off the black mounting brackets that you would hook the things your talking about for the h100i. I have no clue. I've resorted to just getting an i5 and an intel motherboard for my mom instead of using this shitty AMD board and processor. She gets ddr4 and an i5. It just sucks I can't salvage these old parts cause my mom doesn't really need a "gaming" set up, even though thats basically whats she's getting.
 
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CountMike

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The only "shifty" thing there would be the cooler without right mounts. You didn't really need a water cooler for a standard running 8350 without overclocking, any air cooler a bit better than stock would do.
I have CM Nepton 140xl on mine but it's heavily overclocked. It's too bad stock AMD coolers are such pitta although new Wraith cooler is supposed to be much better: http://techreport.com/review/29691/amd-wraith-cpu-cooler-reviewed
 
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