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I was reading the directions on tightening and putting on teh heatsink and it was slightly confusing about when to stop screwing on the heatsink. Can somebody give me an idea of when is enough tightening?
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with your hsf you turn the screws to the left just the oppisite of tightening I know it's wierd but that is how it works the springs are what applies the pressure not the screws just stop when you feel that you have good pressure I felt like if I kept tighting or loosening what ever you want to call it the screw would come outGarfield said:I was reading the directions on tightening and putting on teh heatsink and it was slightly confusing about when to stop screwing on the heatsink. Can somebody give me an idea of when is enough tightening?
those are nice I have an mc 462 and a mcxc 370. cant go wrong with swiftech. I know what you mean by screws loosening but that does apply to the mcxc 370 completely different setups.The Highlander said:I have a waterblock swiftech MCW462 and a MCX462
Those are my heatsinks!!
for water cooling your temp suck. a hsf would do better than thatFahrell said:DON'T do direct screw tightening... without springs ...!!!
use the springs provided or at least rubber spacers between your cooler and the screw...
I've crushed my mobo when tightening directly the waterblock...
and I didn't apply much pressure...
whatever you do, do it carefully...
res0r9lm said:whenever you can't move it anymore