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Best way is to apply a little downward force until it reaches the backplate and starts screwing down. Once you have all 4 started, then do the cris cross pattern of tightening them all down. 

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How are you tightening it down? Cross pattern? 2 turns at a time? If not, you should try it.

What part is the issue?

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4 minutes ago, kitsuneshrine said:

I just received my new cpu I installed and all but I’m having so much trouble screwing in the CPU fan that came with it 

it’s a ryzen 7 2700 with cooler

What are you having troubles with?

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1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

How are you tightening it down? Corss pattern? 2 turns at a time? If not, you should try it.

whoops that's wraith stealth.

 

What part is the issue?

I’m having trouble screwing it in idk if I’m supposed to push in the screws so it can go into the 4 holes of the motherboard 

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2 minutes ago, kitsuneshrine said:

I’m having trouble screwing it in idk if I’m supposed to push in the screws so it can go into the 4 holes of the motherboard 

attach a pic of the closest you can get

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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2 minutes ago, kitsuneshrine said:

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Oh my bad, was thinking of the wraith max. Looks like my crossed out text from my original post stands. I'll reveal it

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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Best way is to apply a little downward force until it reaches the backplate and starts screwing down. Once you have all 4 started, then do the cris cross pattern of tightening them all down. 

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22 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Oh my bad, was thinking of the wraith max. Looks like my crossed out text from my original post stands. I'll reveal it

 

22 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Oh my bad, was thinking of the wraith max. Looks like my crossed out text from my original post stands. I'll reveal it

Alright I finally got it well most of them will it be ok if on screw wasn’t able to be screwed in because it was a bit off the hole but the rest are screwed in

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3 minutes ago, kitsuneshrine said:

 

Alright I finally got it well most of them will it be ok if on screw wasn’t able to be screwed in because it was a bit off the hole but the rest are screwed in

That means it wasn't screwed in properly. All 4 screws must be in properly.

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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Yea, it needs a bit of force on top of the cooler to get one screw started a bit, then go over to the opposite side (so cross pattern, as other mentioned) and screw that one in a bit.

These coolers work quite well, but are a bit of a pain to install.

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