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Is it normal for a Dark Rock Pro 4 to be slightly crooked?

Kywim
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Hello!

 

After installing my Dark Rock Pro 4 I noticed that it wasn’t perfectly level. It is slightly crooked, I think it’s just a few millimeters off axis. Is it normal for this kind    of cooler? Should I try to fix it? Can this harm my motherboard or cpu?

 

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Have you screwed on the backplate and cooler onto the motherboard properly?

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Backplate is already mounted with AM4, and cooler is screwed in correctly, yes, but I’m going to double check this morning.

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yeah also double check your mainboards mounting to the case. 

The dark rock is supper heavy (and cools nicely because of this ;D) so a bit of sag is ok and to be expected. Try to not bump or move your system to harshly tough ;)

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Does this look better? That’s the best I can do. I double checked that everything was correctly in place. Is this fine? 

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Just now, Kywim said:

Does this look better? That’s the best I can do. I double checked that everything was correctly in place. Is this fine? 

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yes! try to be gentle with it and nothing will break ;) 

FOLDING MONTH 2021! GOGOGO and save on some heating costs 🙂

 

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Okay, I don’t move my system around at all usually (maybe once or twice a year) and the only time where I move my case is when cleaning my desk so I’ll be okay I guess

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I checked and it still isn’t perfectly level, but I guess that if everything is mounted correctly that’s normal?

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56 minutes ago, Kywim said:

I checked and it still isn’t perfectly level, but I guess that if everything is mounted correctly that’s normal?

There are always some errors in manufacturing process and whatnot. As long as it provides correct results in cooling, there's nothing to worry about.

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I have the same issue it's crooked the same way as yours.

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