So, I recently bought a Thermalright Ultra 120 E Black, and I've had great trouble installing it on my AMD system.
Take a look at this picture:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vp5f3r4raatsl3i/not high enough.jpg?v=0mcn
As you can see the screw thread of the backplate (or "pillar", as the manual calls it), is not tall enough for the spring-loaded screw to reach it.
This is another picture:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v4d87p70qiwy7n/tilts too much.jpg?v=0mcn
Here I have screwed in just one screw very slightly. You can see how much the entire retention mechanism tilts to the side. It seems impossible to push down the other side to screw in a screw on the other side, because the spring just won't compress.
I even tested the spring-loaded screw separately to see how far the spring would compress. After exertion of a considerable amount of force, I was able to compress the spring only very slightly, and it was nowhere near enough to screw in screws on both sides of the retention mechanism.
One more thing to note is that the screw threads in the holes in the backplate are located at the lower half of the holes, which means that the screw has to go quite far in before it can begin turning, or being screwed in.
Although this heatsink is technically supposed to be compatible with this socket (AM3), it just doesn't seem to work out practically because the 'pillars' on the mobo's backplate aren't tall enough. The mobo is a Dell mobo, part of the Dell Studio XPS 7100 build.
I've tried numerous times to install the heatsink. But after testing the spring-loaded screw separately, it really seems that the spring will never compress enough for me to screw the screws on both sides.
Thoughts?
P.S. I bought this heatsink from @Gannu.
Take a look at this picture:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vp5f3r4raatsl3i/not high enough.jpg?v=0mcn
As you can see the screw thread of the backplate (or "pillar", as the manual calls it), is not tall enough for the spring-loaded screw to reach it.
This is another picture:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v4d87p70qiwy7n/tilts too much.jpg?v=0mcn
Here I have screwed in just one screw very slightly. You can see how much the entire retention mechanism tilts to the side. It seems impossible to push down the other side to screw in a screw on the other side, because the spring just won't compress.
I even tested the spring-loaded screw separately to see how far the spring would compress. After exertion of a considerable amount of force, I was able to compress the spring only very slightly, and it was nowhere near enough to screw in screws on both sides of the retention mechanism.
One more thing to note is that the screw threads in the holes in the backplate are located at the lower half of the holes, which means that the screw has to go quite far in before it can begin turning, or being screwed in.
Although this heatsink is technically supposed to be compatible with this socket (AM3), it just doesn't seem to work out practically because the 'pillars' on the mobo's backplate aren't tall enough. The mobo is a Dell mobo, part of the Dell Studio XPS 7100 build.
I've tried numerous times to install the heatsink. But after testing the spring-loaded screw separately, it really seems that the spring will never compress enough for me to screw the screws on both sides.
Thoughts?
P.S. I bought this heatsink from @Gannu.
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