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[Owen]

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[Alcatraz]

The tension arm pressure is completely normal. Don't worry about it.  :)

[Hyydrah]

This is a normal occurrence. As long as you know that the CPU is lined up correctly, you're fine. Good luck.

[bennyino]

thats normal, its a spring...

[Owen]

thats normal, its a spring...

 

 

This is a normal occurrence. As long as you know that the CPU is lined up correctly, you're fine. Good luck.

 

 

The tension arm pressure is completely normal. Don't worry about it.  :)

Good to know, thanks guys

[Leonard]

If there was a problem it would not boot. Your PC did boot so you are safe. You also forgot to mention the crunching sound while placing the tension arm down, now that is scary.

[Theo]

I remember my first time installing a cpu i was scared to just force that down, fun times, very stressful though lol

[Maverik5124]

If there was a problem it would not boot. Your PC did boot so you are safe. You also forgot to mention the crunching sound while placing the tension arm down, now that is scary.

Weird.. I did not get the crunching sound when I installed my 3570k. :)

[Leonard]

Weird.. I did not get the crunching sound when I installed my 3570k. :)

I did four builds using 3570k and all did the crunching when putting down the tension arm. I contacted Intel and they said that is normal. They said the sound comes from the hold down brackets on either side of the CPU sliding on the IHS of the CPU while putting the tension arm down.

[リチャード]

Haha ^_^ I remember being scared about this too...

 

I was afraid I'd killed it. Especially when my computer started beeping the first time I turned it on and then it turned itself off (Turned out I had forgotten to plug in the pump of the H50).

 

But everything was as it was supposed to be.

[orangecat]

its just difficult its fine don't worry about it as long as its fully in and has enough thermal compound it should be fine.