Coolermaster Nepton 140XL issue.

Skeleknights · November 30, 2014

When I was putting together my first CLC, Nepton140XL , I laid out parts separately, and after I was done, I noticed in the manual that there are 2 similar screws and I only see/have 1. which is the black one. I went ahead and put together, till I got to the part where I had to firmly screw in the black screws into the brackets with the pump. Boy did I stripped em, but it works. it was holding and after I tested it with Intel XTU, the temperature shows no abnormality.

Now after I have given some thoughts which I'll admit that I am an OCD, I don't like mistakes, but also the rules, "Don't fix if its not broken" is keeping me from touching it again. What I wanted to know is that since I checked online, the silver screws which I am missing, and the black screws which I used, I had a feeling that both have slightly different sized threads. The screw looks exactly the same by the way, the manual indicated that one of the screws has curvey shape, and other has the flat top. Both has curvey top. I wish Coolermaster would provided a better directions with manuals. So my question, since I "screwed the small holes" in the brackets with a slightly thicker thread that stripped the metal from small to the right size of the current screw's thread. Should I replace the whole units for a new one, or should I go on Coolermaster Fanzone site and order the parts to replaced the damaged brackets and the right screws to fix the issue? Or am I okay? I am just afraid that if I ignored this matters, it'll break down the road. I have spent so much because of Christmas' gifts for my family and my woman's family so I don't have all those kind of money to replace everything. It ain't easy! Thank you for the time spent reading this!

Since I wanted to clear up the confusions, if any! Picture below.