Can mounting pressure damage a CPU/MOBO?

[Vasllo]

So, I screwed up my parts choice and changed cooler without checking it's mounting bracket, thought any AM4 would be compatible, but it's not. I've found a way to mount it with some adaptation, but since these parts were not supposed to be used this way, the screw doesn't quite reach the socket and the spring is quite stiff, so just to get the screw to the socket, the mounting pressure is already quite high, I would say it's at least a normal mounting pressure with just 1 thread in. They do line up with the hole just fine.

 

The motherboard is a Huananzhi X99-TF, Xeon 2640v3 CPU and Gamemmaxx 400 v2 cooler. Yes, the cooler isn't compatible, but some AM4 brackets are compatible with LGA2011-3, the issue is that this one isn't.

 

Question is: Would it be fine with the extra pressure, or could it kill something? Added a couple pics showing my adaptation on the mounting system. I will try to find longer screws, but these would be the best ones to the job I have rn.

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[SquintyG33Rs]

if the extra pressure is excessive you could break something but the motherboard can take quite a beating, even flexing it a bit isn't much of an issue. this solution seems like it would work fine. I wouldn't want to have to remount this multiple times, the extra strain you put when you're pushing down to reach the threads would end up breaking something if you redo it 5 or 10 times.
but as long as you don't touch it again or waiting for another cooler that does fit i'd trust it.

[Vasllo]

43 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Pro tip: you can use different screws and rubber washers instead of springs. Don't overtighten them though.

 

I'll see if I can find any other screw or rubber washers, but I don't think I'll have 4 of them.

15 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

if the extra pressure is excessive you could break something but the motherboard can take quite a beating, even flexing it a bit isn't much of an issue. this solution seems like it would work fine. I wouldn't want to have to remount this multiple times, the extra strain you put when you're pushing down to reach the threads would end up breaking something if you redo it 5 or 10 times.
but as long as you don't touch it again or waiting for another cooler that does fit i'd trust it.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, it probably can take the pressure, but I'm afraid to bend the socket pins or something, because I don't know how much pressure it is applying nor how far the mobo can take it.

I usually don't take the cooler apart often, I only changed the thermal paste on my old kit once in almost 4 years.

 

My plan was to get it to work and keep it, it would be ideal to avoid buying another cooler if I could.

[Vasllo]

Update: I tried to evaluate the pressure the best I could to determine if it would be dangerous, pressing the spring, checking other people's stories on mounting pressure, etc. Decided to go for it, and it's working fine, max temp was, impressively, 62°C on the package and under 60°C in the cores under Prime95 maximum power torture test. Just wished there was a way to remove the power limit, but oh well, it's doing great. Thanks for the advices, guys.