I am currently trying to mount a Zalman 7000B to a MSI K8N-Neo4 motherboard. I am not using the provided black backplate because the board already has a metal one that came with it.
The Zalman came with two nipples that I attached to the board but the fan was loose and floating on top of the processor. Note: the provided metal backplate already has nipples that come out a 1/4 of and inch. I bent the bracket for the zalman to fit the board. Did I do wrong?
Through trial and error I was able to get the Zalman to fit very snugly on the processor through bending the bracket in the opposite direction. In doing so the metal backplate on the back of the board separated and caused the IDE controller to fail upon boot. I don't see why this cause a problem, the metal plate was used with adhesive and was pulled off completely by me after the fail, but did have circuit indentations. I am getting a replacement board and am stuck with this bent bracket Zalman. What should I do, attempt #2 and try not to left the backplate again or replace the fan with a new bracket and remove the metal backplate and use the provided plate that came with the Zalman?
I spoke with MSI and the tech told me the metal backplate should not be removed, yet Zalman is suggesting to use their backplate.
The issue here is the plate that came with the board did not make the Zalman snug enough and the provided one would. Is it ok to remove the metal backplate that came with the board? Because when I did I had problems.
The Zalman came with two nipples that I attached to the board but the fan was loose and floating on top of the processor. Note: the provided metal backplate already has nipples that come out a 1/4 of and inch. I bent the bracket for the zalman to fit the board. Did I do wrong?
Through trial and error I was able to get the Zalman to fit very snugly on the processor through bending the bracket in the opposite direction. In doing so the metal backplate on the back of the board separated and caused the IDE controller to fail upon boot. I don't see why this cause a problem, the metal plate was used with adhesive and was pulled off completely by me after the fail, but did have circuit indentations. I am getting a replacement board and am stuck with this bent bracket Zalman. What should I do, attempt #2 and try not to left the backplate again or replace the fan with a new bracket and remove the metal backplate and use the provided plate that came with the Zalman?
I spoke with MSI and the tech told me the metal backplate should not be removed, yet Zalman is suggesting to use their backplate.
The issue here is the plate that came with the board did not make the Zalman snug enough and the provided one would. Is it ok to remove the metal backplate that came with the board? Because when I did I had problems.