Is it fine to overtight ur cpu cooler screws?

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alfarebel@reddit

Seeing what people said in this conversation made me go back to my cpu cooler, loosen the cooler. and loosend the grip of the screw driver while screwing it in just to make sure I didnt over tighten the cooler and the screws stopped a bit more naturally. Cpu are still good.

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Miguelon_Camacho@reddit

Hello, I bought a Thermaltake Astria 600 and it had peak temperatures of 96 degrees during load times in games and an average of 85. I removed the case cover, the coolers, and tightened them as much as I could without applying excessive force, and my temperatures dropped significantly. I went from having spikes of 96 degrees to only 88 under very heavy load, and while gaming, I had an average of 85 or more, and now it's 60/70.

Similarly, in my case, I also tried to adjust the cooler well to the center of the processor to make perfect contact, and I also adjusted the coolers to the heatsink a little lower so that they would blow on all the blades. It's just trial and error. I had taken apart the PC about 4 or 5 times thinking something was wrong, and just by tightening the screws more, properly centering the heatsink on the processor, and placing the coolers better, not too high, obviously if your RAM is very tall you'll have one higher than the other. But you absolutely need a fan to cover all the vents.

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Laxxz@reddit

How do you know you specifically overtightened the screws?

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LawfuI@reddit

You don't until it's too late.

But basically I've been asking myself this question and I've come to the answer that you just need to stop tightening the screws at the point where you need to exert effort to tighten any further.

Basically screw them in with a relaxed hand and as soon as it starts getting difficult to spin - stop.

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Donior_420@reddit

Mi się za mocno dokręciło w laptopie teraz wyłącza się co 20 minut z przegrzania xd a najlepsze jest to że starły mi się 2 śrubki

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-_XxBossxX_-@reddit

So im pretty much cooked bc my pc wouldn’t thrn on and i loosened my cooler screws and it turned on but wouldn’t post. All led’s work etc but peripherals wont work. So i guess i need a new mobo hopefully cpu is still good

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FlashyBite7567@reddit

Yay! This is what I think I just did. Fuck me.

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SummonMason@reddit

I overtightened once on a new build and my my ram caused bsod regularly. Untightened a bit and all was fine for the 2 and half years I used the am4 pc.

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FlashyBite7567@reddit

I think I just did the same thing you did 2 years ago. Goddammit.

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Nico3d3@reddit

It can cause all sorts of issues especially with RAM. So, no you shouldn't overtighten those screw. If you go too hard, you can even break the traces from the memory to the CPU. Ask me how I know... I overtightened and A2 ram slot stopped working.

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Andrew_Titeee@reddit

Hello i have the same issue.How did you fixed it? Did you just lighten the screws?

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Nico3d3@reddit

Even lightening them didn't fix the issue. There was no way the motherboard would boot with more than one stick of RAM. I ended up buying a new board.

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Andrew_Titeee@reddit

Thank you! I already tried lightening the screw and yep it did not work maybe i should consider buying new board for my ryzen T_T

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dokterkyun@reddit

Hey, I had a similar problem as well where the BSODs were frequently related to the RAM i.e. Memory Management, DPC Watchdog Violation and finally it wouldn't boot back on.

I had a Ryzen 7700, G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 6000Mmz Cl40 (Samsung) and ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2.

-I tried using default BIOS settings but it still wouldn't work. -I tried using a single different stick of RAM and found one that wouldn't boot. But even with a single stick of RAM it was still unstable. -I tried to reinstall Windows 11 but I would get a BSOD midway during the installation. -I tried lightening the screws but I still wouldn't install Windows 11. -I tried updating the BIOS from ver2.08 to ver2.10, I was finally able to install Windows 11 but the issue still persisted. Even with BIOS ver2.10, I can't use 2 sticks of RAM and I can't boot with the supposedly DEAD RAM.

[FIX] What fix the instability was enabling XMP with a single stick of RAM and setting the memory clock speed to 5600Mhz. With XMP enabled, I was able to use two stick of RAM and a stable system. No BSODs unless if it's set to 6000Mhz.

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Strong-Confusion7832@reddit

I have this same issue. From the very start previous year I built my PC. And A2 slow was not working from the start and till now all slots work except slot A2. I don’t know what’s the issue. But A2 slot doesn’t work. Even I was working with 16 gb ram before on B2 slot with xmp profile enabled to 5200 mhz. Yesterday I upgraded my ram to 32. And installed it. The xmp profile isn’t booting the PC And only black screen coming. Now both ram are running at only 4000 mhz installed in A1 and B1. Ans help would be appreciated.

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