Is part of the reason that no one likes amd processor fans because they are IMPOSSIBLE to clip on?! I can not cip on my amd chip fan, the clip isnt getting anywhere near the mobo clips. Whats goin on?
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Is part of the reason that no one likes amd processor fans because they are IMPOSSIBLE to clip on?! I can not cip on my amd chip fan, the clip isnt getting anywhere near the mobo clips. Whats goin on?
Are you sure you got the right fan?
As there's different types of sockets for AMD processors, there are also different types of fans to fit those different sockets.
What kind of a socket are you trying to clip the fan onto, and what is the fan name?
the heatsink and fan came with the processor. its a s462. it should all be compatable but the heatsink wont clip onto the mobo.
Can you send us a digital picture
nope sorry. lol. looks like my friend is just bending the **** out of the metal heatsink clip
Stop him, Shoot him.
Knock him to the ground.
Don't let him bend it. lol
hes not goin ape **** or anything hes doin it slowly until he can get it to clip. Its makin me nervous to but its his computer. LOL he can do whatever he wants with it. expect break it.
Make sure he doesn't put to much pressure on the CPU or it will crack.
If the fan came with the processor then odds are that it is designed to fit. Fans for Socket A can be a b**ch to get on, but I have yet to see one that has to be bent to make it fit. Tell your friend to back off, slow down, and take a second look at things...if he isn't careful, he'll "chip" his chip....not a good thing at all.
Is the motherboard pretty new? I would think most of them would accomodate fan clips...
everything is brand new. well we got it on. we just bent the clip enuf so there wasnt too much pressure on the chip. everything worked out. to the naked eye. dun dun dduun
Make sure it's on good enough to cool the cpu, they are a bitch. Get some thermal conductor material since you bent the retainers and it's not as tight as it should be.
I dunno if it's the same HS/F that I have sitting on my desk in front of me, but if it is... then your friend just wasted his time. I had this fan in my system before, in fact it came with it! I started getting a few probs with apps shutting down, things locking up stuff of that nature. It turned out that the CPU HS/F was....well.... <ahem>pathetically small compared to today's standard and not doing it's job properly. I quickly rectified the problem by whacking in a beefy-arsed ThermoEngine V60-4225. Muhhhahahaahaaha.
You should maybe look at upgrading to something a bit more beefier. It may save unecessary cost later if things go 'titties up' due to heat issues. I 'spose it depends on what else your friends got in there (how many sys fans?). Thats not really important, though. The HS you have will do the job fine, but you may want to keep your eye on the CPU temp....
Title:- Fan is sucking???
Stupid question but we all make mistakes, is it on upside down?
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Hi guys.................I am great fan ( sorry) of AMD processors, but I do trash their fan and use one from CoolerMaster.................also silver thermal paste...not the white gunk in the plastic bag :D
good luck!
a lot of times they clips have a slot so you can fit the head of a screwdriver into it, and push it down onto the clip on the socket.
AMD fans are hard as hell to clip on, when I did mine I used a flat head screw driver to push down the clip, I was so dam affraid it would slip and Id stab my board so be carful.