Is creating a bow in the mainboard a good thing ?

[Galvin]

When I bought my 850MV main board and P4, after mounting the heatsink on I noticed that so much pressure was applied to the cpu, that it actually created a bow in the board. where it dips just very slightly. Intel tech support said this is normal, if this bowing ever causes my board to break they better be sending me a new board overnight deliverly.

How much time does intel put not HSF research, this always seems to be the cheapest looking part out of the CPU design and mainboard design.

Should I be concerned ?

 

[Galvin]

Bump

 

[AMD_Man]

I don't think you should worry too much about it.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Guest]

It sounds disconcerting, but I'll bet you are fine.

It is an indication to you that your MoBo is pretty flexible and care should be exercised anytime you are seating cards and stuff. (Try to support it with your other hand somehow to prevent it from flexing too much as you work)

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