CM Hyper 212x Wont Fit or Am I being paranoid ?

mesi123 · Dec 25, 2016

Hello everyone ! First time builder here. Please look at the pictures and tell me what I am doing wrong. I have followed the manual and online guides and when I reach at the stage to screw the cooler on, one of the 4 screws is like half an inch in the air and when I try to get it into the hole, I have to apply quite a bit of pressure as it refuses to be lowered down. I am worried that this might put way too much force on the cpu/ motherboard and cause issues. Please help ! Thanks !

Imgur link ( new here) http://imgur.com/a/nzbq3

UPDATE EDIT: I have not tightened the other screws, they are barely in ! Enough to hold in place

Laxrules56 · Dec 25, 2016

Lightly tighten the screws in diagonal order, I had the same issue as you but that fixed any issues.

SkyNetRising · Dec 25, 2016

Play close attention to user manual - Intel instructions - Image 4.
Retention plate must align with knob on the base of the cooler
(well not knob, more like small cylindrical piece of metal).
http://www.coolermaster.com/xresserver01-DLFILE-P1302180416de94-F1308260079605e.html

I suspect, you have placed retention plate in the opposite direction to what it needs to be.

mesi123 · Dec 25, 2016

SkyNetRising :

Hmm I just checked and everything seems fine, unless I didnt understand what you mean. The bracket cant be put upside down, obviously. And that little white sticking out cylindrical thing goes into one of the hollow points on the bracket as well. So I think it is placed properly. Rotating the heatsink doesnt do anything as far as I can tell.
Everything aligns well just one of the screws is in the air. Im starting to think maybe the bracket is faulty but I looked around it and it seems to be okay, nothing sticking out/ out of position etc. So I am confused now.

SkyNetRising · Dec 25, 2016

Well, if retention plate is aligned with cooler correctly, then just
tighten up the screws diagonally at the same time.

mesi123 · Dec 25, 2016

SkyNetRising :

I know that is what is left to do but as I said, one of the screws is tilted into the air and I need to apply quite a bit of force JUST to make it touch the screw hole. And I feel like that is a bit too much for the cpu PLUS the extra pressure incurred from the tightening of the screws. In guides / videos etc, all four screws were pretty much in the same position and it didnt need force..
I got a couple of pics in poor lighting , let me show you .

http://imgur.com/a/5Adt2

SkyNetRising · Dec 25, 2016

When you tighten 2 screws that are on the other diagonal, the one screw that is in mid-air will come down.

mesi123 · Dec 25, 2016

SkyNetRising :

I hope, let me try that. If it was a distance of only a few millimeters, I would get. but this thing is out of the solar system. And I hope I dont squish the shit out of the i7 6700k...

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