Missing washer/spacer, is it an issue?

[Gessler555]

I bought a iCUE LINK H150i RGB and it seems one of the little plastic bags that contain the screws got torn. The screws & washers (aka spacers) got out, and the iCUE LINK system has got magnets all over so they got stuck to various things. I recovered everything except a single washer that's still missing.

 

The washers are for the smaller screws that mount the AIO to the case (in my instance, a 5000D).

 

I don't want to put in the screw without the washer so I figured I'll just make do with 11 mounting screws instead of 12...one less screw in the middle shouldn't be an issue right?

 

But the bigger question I have is that I suspect the 12th washer is still in there somewhere, stuck to something. I looked everywhere around the AIO, even took out the pre-installed fans. Just can't find it. I don't think it fell into the radiator fins (there's no magnets in there so it should've made some noise when I shook it ).

 

Assuming it's stuck somewhere it shouldn't be, am I risking a short?

 

Should I seek to return the AIO & get a replacement?

[PDifolco]

36 minutes ago, Gessler555 said:

I bought a iCUE LINK H150i RGB and it seems one of the little plastic bags that contain the screws got torn. The screws & washers (aka spacers) got out, and the iCUE LINK system has got magnets all over so they got stuck to various things. I recovered everything except a single washer that's still missing.

 

The washers are for the smaller screws that mount the AIO to the case (in my instance, a 5000D).

 

I don't want to put in the screw without the washer so I figured I'll just make do with 11 mounting screws instead of 12...one less screw in the middle shouldn't be an issue right?

 

But the bigger question I have is that I suspect the 12th washer is still in there somewhere, stuck to something. I looked everywhere around the AIO, even took out the pre-installed fans. Just can't find it. I don't think it fell into the radiator fins (there's no magnets in there so it should've made some noise when I shook it ).

 

Assuming it's stuck somewhere it shouldn't be, am I risking a short?

 

Should I seek to return the AIO & get a replacement?

No risk at all, an AIO has no electricity going through it

You can easily find some same sized washer on Amazon or other too

[leclod]

12 screws for 1 radiator ! indeed 1 missing won't matter

[RevGAM]

3 hours ago, Gessler555 said:

I bought a iCUE LINK H150i RGB and it seems one of the little plastic bags that contain the screws got torn. The screws & washers (aka spacers) got out, and the iCUE LINK system has got magnets all over so they got stuck to various things. I recovered everything except a single washer that's still missing.

 

The washers are for the smaller screws that mount the AIO to the case (in my instance, a 5000D).

 

I don't want to put in the screw without the washer so I figured I'll just make do with 11 mounting screws instead of 12...one less screw in the middle shouldn't be an issue right?

 

But the bigger question I have is that I suspect the 12th washer is still in there somewhere, stuck to something. I looked everywhere around the AIO, even took out the pre-installed fans. Just can't find it. I don't think it fell into the radiator fins (there's no magnets in there so it should've made some noise when I shook it ).

 

Assuming it's stuck somewhere it shouldn't be, am I risking a short?

 

Should I seek to return the AIO & get a replacement?

Something similar happened to me last month. I only found it lodged inside a fan when I saw that the fan refused to spin... which I noticed because my temps were too high. 

[Gessler555]

Never mind guys, I found it!