HELP ! Heatsink problem

[Belloni]

Heya dudes !!! HELP needed QUICKLY !!!

I am trying to put the heatsink on my friends CPU ... but it just doesn't go in !!! The hinges are not clipping on i guess ... one side clips on and hen the other like ... just doesn't quite reach it kinda ....

Please help my dad is trying it now aswell ... :S

 

[Belloni]

Don't worry i THINK i have done it now :S lol

Sorry !!! hehe gunna try putting the HDD in now ...

 

[Techy]

lol, it's just having the confidence to just on the heatsink! some of them are really awkward.

 

[Cache-man]

Some heatsink retention clips do require quite a lot of force to secure them properly. This is not necesarrily a bad thing because at least you'll know it is held down securely.

As Techy just mentioned though, there is a certain degree of confidence required to apply so much pressure to some versions.

 

[ChristopherP]

AMD Athlon ones are EVIL!!! you just hope the screwdriver dosen't slip off the clip and take out a capactor...!!

Dont know what A64 ones are like, P4 ones are cool.

 

[Cache-man]

P4's do tend to clip in pretty easy, although the one on my Freezer 4 cooler (see the review in user review), was a little tricky simply due to having to reach blindly around the mammoth cooler to mount the clips.