Heatsink Installation Help!!! First Time!

[reissue]

Hi all! So this is my first time building. Needless to say I'm going through some serious growing pains. At the rate I'm going I wouldn't be surprised if I need to buy a new motherboard and processor for the system to turn on. Tonight I had considerable trouble getting the Heatsink on the processor. I eventually did, but in the process I lifted the heatsink off the processor after I placed it down and rotated it because I had it in the wrong orientation. Did this kill the coolant? Do I have to buy some coolant now, take the heatsink off and reapply????? uggghhh this is frustrating.

My screwdriver also slipped when I was pushing the clamps down.....hope that didn't scratch. Some serious growing pains going on here.

Mobo= AsRock 770D

CPU= X3 445

 

[reissue]

Thanks! that makes me feel a lot better. It's good to know the level of caution required. Sometimes I just don't know how careful I need to be with this stuff. Now hopefully I haven't scratched the motherboard.

 

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