Tuniq Tower problem

[de8212]

Installing the Tuniq tower on my 680i and one of the heads of the gold thumb screws popped off?????????????/

COuldn't find a contact # for tuniq but called and left a message with sunbeam. I might try some locktite to hold the head back on but not sure if it will hold up to the pressure against the spring. ANyone else have any problems wiht the gold thumbscrews?

 

[genec57]

Easiest solution is probably to just RMA the whole thing.

 

[SparkyJJO]

or buy a new thumbscrew? Might be less hassle and cheaper than shipping the whole thing back to Tuniq/sunbeam

 

[de8212]

I went ahead and used some locktite on it. I let it set for about 20 minutes and gently tightened it down. Seems OK for now. Hopefully sunbeam will call me back and I am going to try and see if they will send me 4 new ones and replaced them.

 

[de8212]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
or buy a new thumbscrew? Might be less hassle and cheaper than shipping the whole thing back to Tuniq/sunbeam

It's not like a regular case thumbscrew. I wish it were that easy. It's alot longer and I'm not sure if the thread size is the same.

 

[ankitpayal]

I had the same problem last night. Three of the screws tightened fine. The fourth one blew its top. My fix was to just not use the spring. Of course this is not the best solution and the heat sink slides if I do so manually. My question, will this ad hoc solution work if I put the tower in its normal position? Right now, the tower lying on its side... Any advice?

 

[de8212]

Probably no way for you to get some today but try lockitite. Mine has been fine ever since night before last. You can get it at walmart or any auto store.

 

[jleves]

Here's a tip that might help other people from popping a thumb screw (considering a couple of you have, I assume it could be a problem).

When mounting the backplate to the motherboard, remove the cover on the backplate to expose the sticky stuff, but don't try to line it up and press it down. put the four thumb screws through the mobo and scew them into the backplate while there is still seperation from the mobo. You probably are best off doing this with the board on side standing up. Once you have all four screws in a couple of revolutions but as equal as possible, pull them all together to bring the backplate to the motherboard. This will ensure your screw holes are as precisely aligned with the mobo holes as possible. Press it tight, remove the thumbscrews, press it tight again and continue with the installation per the instructions.

I just did this tonight and it worked like a charm. Perfect placement and no toughness at all locking down the topplate.

 

[BoboKatt]

Good idea -- my issue was that one of the 4 screws simply would NOT screw in all the way. It just reached a point and refused to go any further. I figure I need to get to the hole of the back plate which is causing this and some how, gingerly work it through. Since I had to take everything apart I have the luxury now to work at it slowly.

My only advice is that before you go through the whole ordeal make sure all 4 screws, screw in nicely all the way through each of the 4 holes in the backplate. If I would have done this, I would have noted the issue with the 4th hole and how much irritation it has caused me. The heatsink refused to be fully "tight" to the CPU if one of the 4 screws is nowhere close to being tight and it actualy sat on a tilted angle. Not only but the heatsink moved easily from side to side and from all the effort (I actually brought out the pliers for the last screw) I almost blew the top like others here.