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Thermaltake spirit 120 doesn't align with the motherboard

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17227083647155750249005251726735.thumb.jpg.c17615db500e32b368241670432fc9d4.jpg17227082789631829820359102994395.thumb.jpg.ffdfc59f7a43ca96e447e9a8812b5142.jpg17227083647155750249005251726735.thumb.jpg.c17615db500e32b368241670432fc9d4.jpgI am trying to mount a thermal take 120 spirit se to a Asus z370i strix motherboard. The mounting bracket doesn't align with the tower. Spent 4 hours trying to put this thing. I am very close returning the cooler. I watched an installation video which didn't help.

 

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Without pictures no ones really going to be able to give you any advice.

Are you sure you're using the right plates?

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12 minutes ago, furious2789 said:

I am trying to mount a thermal take 120 spirit se to a Asus z370i strix motherboard. The mounting bracket doesn't align with the tower. Spent 4 hours trying to put this thing. I am very close returning the cooler. I watched an installation video which didn't help.

 

Pictures would be nice 🙂

As mentioned above, are you using the correct plates and mounting brackets?

 

It definitely comes with LGA 1151/115x brackets so it sounds like you are not using the correct ones.

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3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Without pictures no ones really going to be able to give you any advice.

Are you sure you're using the right plates?

 

1 minute ago, Hinjima said:

Pictures would be nice 🙂

As mentioned above, are you using the correct plates and mounting brackets?

 

It definitely comes with LGA 1151/115x brackets so it sounds like you are not using the correct ones.

I've uploaded pictures. This for lga 1151

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6 minutes ago, furious2789 said:

 

I've uploaded pictures. This for lga 1151

I am struggeling to see the issue here.

Are you able to circle the points where it does not align?

 

Maybe even a video with some quick explanation would be very benefitial to understand the issue.

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45 minutes ago, furious2789 said:

17227083647155750249005251726735.thumb.jpg.c17615db500e32b368241670432fc9d4.jpg17227082789631829820359102994395.thumb.jpg.ffdfc59f7a43ca96e447e9a8812b5142.jpg17227083647155750249005251726735.thumb.jpg.c17615db500e32b368241670432fc9d4.jpgI am trying to mount a thermal take 120 spirit se to a Asus z370i strix motherboard. The mounting bracket doesn't align with the tower. Spent 4 hours trying to put this thing. I am very close returning the cooler. I watched an installation video which didn't help.

 

 

I don't believe Thermaltake offers a Spirit 120 cooler.

 

Thermalright offers a number of different coolers with Spirit 120 in the name.

 

It looks like the cooler is being mounted with it tower(s) parallel to the case top. Is this intended?

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1 hour ago, Hinjima said:

I am struggeling to see the issue here.

Are you able to circle the points where it does not align?

 

Maybe even a video with some quick explanation would be very benefitial to understand the issue.

 

1 hour ago, brob said:

 

I don't believe Thermaltake offers a Spirit 120 cooler.

 

Thermalright offers a number of different coolers with Spirit 120 in the name.

 

It looks like the cooler is being mounted with it tower(s) parallel to the case top. Is this intended?

Never mind I sorted. Sometimes I just need to take a break lol.

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32 minutes ago, furious2789 said:

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Never mind I sorted. Sometimes I just need to take a break lol.

Awesome! 🙂  Yeah, sometimes you just gotta step back, wait an hour and look again!

 

Can you tell us what the problem was or what happened?

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5 hours ago, Hinjima said:

Awesome! 🙂  Yeah, sometimes you just gotta step back, wait an hour and look again!

 

Can you tell us what the problem was or what happened?

Not op but might be mounted the bracket the wrong way because the mounting screw base is iirc slightly offset to one side of the bracket.

 

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